topsy-turvy Copy link • topsy-turvy: Phr.: to turn things t., omnia sursum deorsum versare, Sen. Ep. 44, 3: quod sursum est deorsum facere, Petr. 63, fin.: less literally, omnia infima summis paria facere, turbare, miscere, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, init.: summa imis miscere, Vell. 2, 2: and more generally still, omnia permiscere, confundere, perturbare: v. to confuse.