cattywampus

cattywampus

1. Crooked or out of alignment; askew. Your tie is all cattywampus. Here, let me fix it for you.
2. Situated diagonally from someone or something else. No, you know Mr. Jones—his house is cattywampus to ours.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • catty
  • catty-corner
  • fix over
  • bring (someone or something) into line
  • bring into line
  • bring somebody/something into line
  • a line on (someone or something)
  • wonky
  • be in a fix
  • be/get in a fix
References in periodicals archive
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