Not Know Whether/if One Is Coming Or Going Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Not Know Whether/if One Is Coming Or Going Idiom mean?

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not know whether/if one is coming or going What does not know whether/if one is coming or going mean?	to be very confused	My friend did not know whether he was coming or going after he got off the long airplane flight.
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Not Know Whether/if One Is Coming Or Going Idiom