topsy-turvy

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌtɒpsɪˈtəːvi/

副詞

比喩的用法

Backwards or upside down; also, having been overturned or upset. / (figuratively) Not in the natural order of things; in a disorderly manner; chaotically.

日本語の意味

逆さま、ひっくり返った状態 / 上下が入れ替わった状態 / 自然な順序ではなく、乱れたまたは混沌とした状態

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After the storm, the small coastal town lay topsy-turvy, with fishing boats on rooftops and bicycles tangled in trees.

嵐の後、小さな沿岸の町は逆さまになり、漁船が屋根の上にあり、自転車が木に絡まっていた。

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意味（1）

Backwards or upside down; also, having been overturned or upset.

If we without his helpe can make a head / To puſh againſt a kingdome, with his helpe / We ſhal oreturne it topsie turuy down, …

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意味（2）

(figuratively) Not in the natural order of things; in a disorderly manner; chaotically.

Diuilliſh it is to deſtroy a cittie, but more then diuilliſhe, to euert citties, to betraye countreies, to cause ſeruaunts to kyll their maiſters, parentes theyr children, children their parentes, wiues their huſbandes, and to turne all things topſy turuy, and yet it doth ſo, as ſhalbe declared.

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more topsy-turvy （ comparative ）

most topsy-turvy （ superlative ）