Meaning of topsy-turvey | Babel Free
Examples
“[...] Mrs. Sykes said, ‘her man was the wust she ever knowed when he got topsy-turveyed.’ And as now, he began to get⟳ topsy-turveyed pretty regularly before he had finished his daily business with the retiring host⟳ of the Holly Bush, there was not much peace at home.”
“[M]y literary life was rather topsy-turveyed by a couple of untoward accidents last⟳ year, and a prostrating attack of influenza, and bronchitis subsequently, for the cure of which I am indebted to the climate of Portugal, [...]”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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