topsy-turvy
adjective /ˌtɒpsi ˈtɜːvi/
/ˌtɑːpsi ˈtɜːrvi/
(informal)- in a state in which nothing is certain and everything is very confused
乱七八糟的；杂乱无章的；颠三倒四的 - Everything's topsy-turvy in my life at the moment.
现在我的生活全都被打乱了。 - Her books take you into a topsy-turvy world where you can be sure of nothing.
她的书把你带入了一个颠倒的世界，在那里你什么都不能确定。
Collocations DictionaryTopsy-turvy is used with these nouns:- world
词源early 16th cent.: a jingle apparently based on top and obsolete terve ‘overturn’. - Everything's topsy-turvy in my life at the moment.