Everyday English
all over the place
disorganised or scattered
If things are all over the place, they are scattered or disorganised; a person's thoughts or performance can also be confused or badly organised.
Hear it in real life
Are you ready for the presentation?
Not really - my notes are all over the place.
I left my clothes all over the place before work this morning.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My papers are everywhere place.
Say: My papers are all over the place.
Learners may omit “all over the” when translating the idea of things being scattered everywhere.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be all over the place; leave something all over the place
Your turn: say it out loud
I left my clothes all over the place before work this morning.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
all over the place
disorganised or scattered
“I left my clothes all over the place before work this morning.”
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