topsy-turvey

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So Meg wrestled alone with the refractory sweetmeats all that hot summer day, and at five o’clock sat down in her topsy-turvey kitchen, wrung her bedaubed hands, lifted up her voice and wept.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Malo did far more than make R�champ fall in love with her: she turned his world topsy-turvey, and prevented his ever again squeezing himself into his little old pigeon-hole of prejudices.

From Coming Home 1916 by Wharton, Edith

The fame of the former brought Sterne to London, where he became, says Walpole, "topsy-turvey with success."

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

That Mrs. Chao has always been rather topsy-turvey in her ways, and done things by halves; so whenever there has been any rumpus, you've invariably shoved the blame on to her shoulders.

From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft

To-morrow—his birthday, and the day when everything was turned topsy-turvey, and the children and Chaos reigned supreme.

From The Children of Wilton Chase by Meade, L. T.