TOPSY-TURVY


Meaning of TOPSY-TURVY in English

/ ˌtɒpsi ˈtɜːvi; NAmE ˌtɑːpsi ˈtɜːrvi/ adjective

( informal ) in a state of great confusion :

Everything's topsy-turvy in my life at the moment.

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WORD ORIGIN

early 16th cent.: a jingle apparently based on top and obsolete terve overturn .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.