head over heels

Significat (Anglès)

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Tumbling upside down; somersaulting.
2. (not-comparable) At top speed; frantically.
3. (not-comparable, usually) Hopelessly; madly; to distraction; deeply; utterly.

Adj

Hopelessly smitten; madly in love.

Conceptes

frenèticament

de cap a peus

Sinònims

topsy-turvy

headlong

upside down

topsy-turvily

upside-down

heels over head

in great confusion

helter-skelter

inverted

madly

maniacally

furiously

capsized

ass over teakettle

wildly

lickety split

hell-for-leather

tumble over

slam-bang

head down

headfirst

harum-scarum

Traduccions

Hals über Kopf

cul par-dessus tête

cabeza abajo

patas arriba

wild

Kopf runter

irr

comme un fou

Länge nach

frénétiquement

jambes en l’air

les quatre fers en l’air

sens dessus dessous

précipitamment

ακρωτήριο πέρα γέρνω

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌhɛd oʊ.vɚ ˈhilz/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Attested from the 14ᵗʰ century onwards, originally as heels over head, which better rendered the notion of things being upside down (head over heels is the standard state of being).