あべこべ

contrary
opposite
inverse

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あべこべ

〔順序･位置が〕 the wrong way round; the opposite [other, wrong] way about; the reverse; the opposite; 〔方向が〕 the opposite [wrong, other] direction [way (round)]; 〔内容が〕 the wrong way. [⇒ぎゃく]

●あべこべに the wrong [other] way round [about]; (in) the wrong way; topsy-turvy; in the reverse order; back to front; 〔上下を〕 upside down; 〔表裏を〕 inside out; 〔それどころか〕 instead; on the contrary

・あべこべにする turn [put] sth the other way round [about]; turn sth the other way; 〔上下を〕 turn sth upside down; 〔裏表を〕 turn sth inside out

・箸(_はし)をあべこべに持つ hold one's chopsticks the wrong way round [by the wrong ends]

・ほめられるつもりがあべこべにしかられた. He expected praise but got scolded instead.

・あべこべにあいつをやっつけてやった. I turned the tables on him.

●あべこべの back-to-front; wrong; topsy-turvy; contrary; reverse; opposite

・あべこべの方角へ行く go the wrong way; go in the wrong [opposite] direction.

●彼の言うことはみな事実とあべこべだ. Everything he says is the opposite of [contrary to] the truth.

・それじゃ話があべこべだよ. You have got it the wrong way round.

・順序があべこべだ. The order is the opposite of what it should be. | They are in completely the wrong order.

・事実はあべこべだ. The reverse [contrary] is the case.

・話の筋道があべこべだ. You've got the sequence of events the wrong way round [in the wrong order].