| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| deurmekaarspul | ⇆ chaos; ⇆ hugger‐mugger; ⇆ hurry‐scurry; ⇆ jumble; ⇆ medley; ⇆ mess; ⇆ mix‐up; ⇆ muddle; ⇆ omnium gatherum; ⇆ salmagundi |
| ’n deurmekaarspul | ⇆ a nice kettle of fish; ⇆ a pretty kettle of fish |
| deurmekaar | ⇆ bewildered; ⇆ blowzed; ⇆ blowzy; ⇆ confused; ⇆ criss‐cross; ⇆ delirious; ⇆ dishevelled; ⇆ distracted; ⇆ farraginous; ⇆ miscellaneous; ⇆ puzzled; ⇆ fey; ⇆ mixed; ⇆ untidy; ⇆ flurried; ⇆ higgledy‐piggledy; ⇆ indiscriminate; ⇆ indiscriminately; ⇆ huddled; ⇆ knocked up; ⇆ littered; ⇆ littery; ⇆ medley; ⇆ muddled; ⇆ muddle‐headed; ⇆ muddy; ⇆ orderless; ⇆ pell‐mell; ⇆ promiscuously; ⇆ puzzle‐headed; ⇆ rough‐and‐tumble; ⇆ ruffled; ⇆ scatter‐brained; ⇆ at sixes and sevens; ⇆ tangly; ⇆ topsy‐turvy; ⇆ tousy; ⇆ uncombed; ⇆ unorganized; ⇆ upside‐down |
| spul | ⇆ affair; ⇆ caboodle; ⇆ lot; ⇆ lumber |