head over heels

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

ακρωτήριο πέρα γέρνω

Συνώνυμα

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

Μεταφράσεις

Hals über Kopf

cabeza abajo

cul par-dessus tête

patas arriba

kopfüber

Länge nach

frenetisch

précipitamment

irr

comme un fou

frénétiquement

jambes en l’air

les quatre fers en l’air

sens dessus dessous

Kopf runter

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˌhɛd oʊ.vɚ ˈhilz/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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).