Phraseologisms are expressions fixed in the language. They fill speech, make it more diverse.
The meaning of phraseology "upside down"
So, more details. Phraseologism "upside down" has several interpretations. What?
The first means that some thing or person is upside down. Upside down. You can stay, fly, fall or turn upside down. The meaning of a phraseological unit can also be interpreted as the "collapse" of something.
And that's not all. Changing the course of events - this is another meaning of the phraseologism "upside down". That is, when you planned something, and it suddenly fell apart. This idiom also means disorder and chaos.
Origin
The view of the origin of this idiom differs among researchers. Since "upside down" is a phraseological fusion, that is, a fixed combination that cannot be understood and represented without knowing its history, one must turn to etymology.
In Russia, "upside down" is a colloquial word. He could be heardin the dialects of the inhabitants of modern Ryazan and on the Don.
In those days, this word was called legs. In the Ryazan dialect, the word "tormy" existed for designating legs, and in the Don dialect, people called them "tormans".
According to another version, the idiom denoted an inverted sled, the brakes of which were called "tormas". This option is consonant with the word "upside down".
The first version of the origin is the most popular. "Tormas" and "tormans" are closer to "backs" than "tormas".
Besides, at that time, the picture of the world of people still separated "up" and "down". "Top" symbolized the sun, air, sky. And in a man - a head. "Bottom" was both water, and earth, and human feet. The man himself felt himself in the middle: he is above water and earth, but below the sky.
The top was associated with something good, great, heavenly. The bottom, on the contrary, showed darkness, poverty. The meaning of phraseologism "upside down" is sowing chaos, disorder.
