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114. Topsy-Turvy - Rhyming Compounds - Topsy-turvy / Higgledy-piggledy

by 정이로운 잉여생활 2022. 9. 4.
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Topsy-turvy : 온통 뒤죽박죽인, 엉망진창인, 어지러운, 난잡한, 발칵 뒤집힌

The idea of turnning upside down / inverted

Turn over the natural order of life

 

Higgledy-piggledy : 뒤죽박죽 흩어진, 엉망으로 널부러진, 엉망진창으로 쌓인

Piled up in disorder / Jumbled / ramdom jumble piles

 

 

Both talking about confusion / chaotic / disordered but a little bit different  

Formality : 3,  informal or literary use

 

 

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