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词组 topsy-turvy
释义
topsy-turvy
Theme: CONFUSION
mod. upside down; in disarray.
The whole office is topsy-turvy.He came in and turned everything topsy-turvy.
Theme: INTOXICATED - ALCOHOL
mod. alcohol intoxicated.
Four glasses of gin and the jerk was totally topsy-turvy.She was too topsy-turvy to stand up.
Idiom
topsy-turvy
1.
if a situation is topsy-turvy, it is confused and not well organized because things happen in the wrong order or people believe things are important when they are not.
The government's topsy-turvy priorities mean that spending on education remains low.We're living in topsy-turvy times.
2.
if a room or a place is topsy-turvy, it is very untidy.
He went out leaving the house all topsy-turvy.
topsy-turvy
adjective
1
disordered, in a chaotic state, very untidy UK, 1528.
2
upside down; in reverse order UK, 1530

topsy-turvy

1. In a state of chaos or disorder. I was sick with the flu all week, so the house is totally topsy-turvy.
2. Drunk. She was pretty topsy-turvy last night at the bar—I wonder how hungover she is today.

topsy-turvy

(ˈtɑpsiˈtɚvi)
1. mod. upside down; in disarray. He came in and turned everything topsy-turvy.
2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. She was too topsy-turvy to stand up.
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