в растрепанных чувствах

• В РАСТРЕПАННЫХ ЧУВСТВАХ coll, usu. humor

[PrepP; Invar; subj-compl with быть (subj: human) or adv]

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⇒ in a state of great agitation, emotional disturbance, confusion:

- (one is <one does sth., one does sth. when he is>) in an emotional turmoil;

- (one is <one does sth. etc>) in a state of emotional turmoil;

- (one is) all shook up;

- (one is) thrown off balance;

- (one is) shaken.

     ♦ Так, теперь всё ясно. В растрёпанных чувствах [Нина] забыла "заказец", а ведь именно за заказцем приезжала контра на "Жигулях" (Аксёнов 6). So everything was now clear. In the emotional turmoil Nina had forgotten her little "job," and obviously that counterrevolutionary in the Zhiguli had come with the intention of collecting it (6a).