шиворот-навыворот

• ШИВОРОТ-НАВЫВОРОТ coll

[AdvP; Invar; adv or subj-compl with copula (subj: usu. всё)]

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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, быть и т.п. шиворот-навыворот (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{{}}шиворот-навыворот ≈ 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).