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🗓️ Idiom: All Over the Place (v)

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💬 Meaning

• To be disorganized or confused.
• To lack focus or structure, especially in work or communication.

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🧠 Example Sentences

• The team’s plan was all over the place, no one knew what to do.
• His report was all over the place, so we had to rewrite it.
• The meeting was all over the place until the manager gave clear instructions.

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🏛️ Origin

This idiom uses a visual image: things scattered in many directions. In business, it means someone or something is not clear, focused, or organised.

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📝 Practice Exercises

1. Fill in the blank:

Without a clear agenda, the project discussion was __________.

Answer

all over the place

2. Choose the correct meaning of “all over the place”:

A) Very neat and tidy
B) Simple and short
C) Confused and disorganized
D) Finished and perfect

Answer

C) Confused and disorganized

3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:

“The presentation had no clear focus and was very confusing.” → Change the sentence using: all over the place

Answer

The presentation was all over the place and was very confusing.

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