What does tohu-bohu mean?
Tohu-bohu means Chaos, disorder, confusion..
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/ˌtəʊ.huːˈbəʊ.huː/ · noun
Chaos, disorder, confusion..
Yet a judge may […] be required to dive, at a moment's notice, into the tohu-bohu of inquiries, which have never yet emerged from the stage of chaos...
[…] / The decorative manias we obey / Die in grimaces round us every day, / Yet through their tohu-bohu comes a voice / Which utters an absurd command — Rejoice.
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Tohu-bohu means Chaos, disorder, confusion..
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Yet a judge may […] be required to dive, at a moment's notice, into the tohu-bohu of inquiries, which have never yet emerged from the stage of chaos...
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