Ш-60

ШИВОРОТ-НАВЫВОРОТ coll AdvP Invar adv or subj-compl with copula ( subj: usu. всё))

1. in refer, to the physical placement of some object or objects, the way a piece of clothing is worn etc) in a direction, order, position etc opposite to the customary one

backward(s)

inside (wrong side) out upside down.

...Во дворике, впритык к стене, огородик на полторы сотки, на который требуется возить землю, чтобы выросло что-то, потому что отмерен он на камнях и глине, - и это было тоже диковинно: отчего так шиворот-навыворот - не огород на земле, а землю на огород (Распутин 4)... .In the yard, up against the wall, there was a tiny garden, for which you had to haul in soil to grow anything because it was set up in stones and clay-and that was very strange too: why was it so backwards-you didn't have a garden on the soil, you had to have soil on top of the garden (4a).

2. идти, получаться, был* и т. п. \Ш-60 (often in refer, to some matter, s.o. 's life etc) (to go, come out, be etc) opposite to the way it should be, not as it is supposed to be

topsy-turvy

backward(s) upside down

сделать что \Ш-60 - put the cart before the horse.

...Тут брехня на брехне, всё шиворот-навыворот. Егорша передовой... Егорша новый... С Егорши пример надо брать... (Абрамов 1). ...This was one piece of garbage after another, everything turned topsy-turvy. Egorsha the progressive...Egorsha the New Man...One should take Egorsha as an example... (1a).

«У нас всё шиворот-навыворот... Что за народ! На войну мужиков провожали — пели, а встречаем - как на похоронах» (Распутин 2). "Everything is backwards here....What a group! They sang when they sent off their men to war and they welcome them like it's a funeral" (2a).