to turn the world upside down
1upside down — adverb * with the top part at the bottom or lower than the bottom part: The car landed upside down in a ditch. turn someone s life/world upside down to change someone s life completely, often in a way that is shocking or upsetting: My world has… …
2turn upside down — turn (something) upside down informal : to make (something) very untidy I turned the room upside down looking for my car keys. The house was turned upside down while the renovations were under way. often used figuratively His whole world was… …
3turn something upside down — turn (something) upside down to change something completely. His experience in the war turned his world upside down. The crash of the dot com companies turned lives upside down. Related vocabulary: turn something on its head …
4turn upside down — turn (something) upside down to change something completely. His experience in the war turned his world upside down. The crash of the dot com companies turned lives upside down. Related vocabulary: turn something on its head …
5upside down */ — UK / US adverb with the top part at the bottom or lower than the bottom part The car landed upside down in a ditch. • turn someone s life/world upside down to change someone s life completely, often in a way that is shocking or upsetting My world …
6ˌupside ˈdown */ — adv with the top part at the bottom or lower than the bottom part The car landed upside down in a ditch.[/ex] • turn sb s life / world upside down to change someone s life completely[/ex] turn sth upside down to make a place very untidy while you …
7The World Turned Upside Down — is an English ballad. It was first published on a broadside in 1643 as a protest against the policies of Oliver Cromwell relating to the celebration of Christmas.Fact|date=October 2007 Cromwell believed the holiday should be a solemn occasion,… …
8The World Turned Upside Down — ist eine englische Ballade. Es sind unterschiedliche Versionen überliefert. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte 2 Text 3 Weblinks 4 Einzelnachweise …
9The American Dream (play) — The American Dream is an early, one act play by American playwright Edward Albee. It was first staged 24 January 1961 at the York Playhouse in New York City. The play, a satire on American family life, concerns a married couple and their… …
10To turn upside down — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …
