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"At sixes and sevens" is an English phrase, common in the UK.
The similar phrase "to set the world at six and seven", used by Geoffrey Chaucer, seems to have the meaning, from its context, ("Troilus and Criseyde", Book 4, Lines 621-623 [1]) "to hazard the world" or "to risk one's life".
There are several other possible explanations, including one mention of a similar phrase with a different meaning in the Bible (Job 5:19).
In phrases with six and seven, sixes and sevens, etc., originally denoting the hazard of one's whole fortune, or carelessness as to the consequences of one's actions, and in later use the creation or existence of, or neglect to remove, confusion, disorder, or disagreement.
The original form of the phrase, to set on six and seven, is based on the language of dicing, and is probably a fanciful alteration of to set on cinque and sice, these being the two highest numbers.
The OED thinks there was some sort of exaggeration from five and six (the two highest values on a die) to six and seven, but it occurs to me it might also be a reference to a game with two dice (in which seven is the most probable result).
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