be agitated like a well in which seven buckets are drawn up and eight dropped down -- an unsettled state of mind in a mental flurry of indecision
His heart clanged like fifteen buckets in a single well.
他心头上十五个吊桶打水,七上八下。
—— 给力词典精选The two caporegimes left not quite satisfied, still a little uneasy.
两个司令离开后,都不十分满意, 心头仍然七上八下的。
—— 给力词典精选I´m all at sixes and sevens about what to do.
我心里七上八下,不知该怎么办。
—— 辞典例句I had got so uneasy I could not set still.
我心里七上八下,坐也不安稳。
—— 辞典例句His mind was in a turmoil.
他心里七上八下。
—— 辞典例句