upside down

Meanings

Adverb

• Inverted, so that the top is now at the bottom.
• In great disorder.

Adjective

• Inverted; turned so that the top is at the bottom.
• In great disorder.
• Owing more money for something than it is worth; having negative equity.

Related

Similar words

• bottom-upwards, topsy-turvy
• underwater

Origin

• Alteration of earlier up so down, from Middle English up-so-doun, upsedowne, upsadowne, equivalent to up + so .