higgledy-piggledy
/ˈhɪgldɪˈpɪgldɪ/adverb & adjective
- in confusion or disorder混乱地, 无序地：
as adv. bits of paper hanging higgledy-piggledy on the furniture and walls乱糟糟地挂在家具和墙上的纸片
as adj. a higgledy-piggledy mountain of newspapers.一大堆乱七八糟的报纸。
词源
late 16th cent.: rhyming jingle, probably with reference to the irregular herding together of pigs.