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ши́ворот-навы́ворот

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adverb
  • 1.

    inside out, back to front, the wrong way round

    Он надел сви́тер ши́ворот-навы́ворот.

    He put his sweater on inside out.

    Colloquial; typically of clothes put on wrongly.

  • 2.

    topsy-turvy, upside-down, all wrong

    Он всё рассказа́л ши́ворот-навы́ворот.

    He told the whole story back to front.

    Figurative; of events or accounts that come out muddled or reversed.

Examples

Word familyши́воротPRO

  • nounmasculine
  • ши́ворот-навы́воротinside out; topsy-turvy
    adverb

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