to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
to set on end (hair, fur, etc.); to make stand on end; to bristle; to ruffle (up); to raise (one's eyebrows)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
underhand grip (e.g. in gymnastics, etc.); cross-handed grip (e.g. in golf, etc.); using one's hands backwards from their conventional positioning; reverse grip (e.g. of a sword); turning the tables (on an opponent); reverse arm-lock (in judo); joint lock
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)
head over heels; headlong; head first
rubbing (someone) the wrong way; irritating (someone)
to surge (water or waves)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
(gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
breech presentation (feet or buttocks-first birth); breech delivery; breech birth
dropping (something) headfirst down a precipice; downhill rush; plunging down a precipice
back-combed hair; puffed up hair; teased hair
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
headlong; head over heels
a dream which is contradicted by reality
weather tide; adverse current
reading something backwards
turning an object in the wrong direction; retort
word said backwards; word of opposite meaning
no matter how hard one might try; no matter what one does; (lit.) even if one stood on one's head
going against the grain (woodworking); cross-grain
reading a word backwards (often to make slang)
to have the tables turned on one
turned-in eyelashes; ingrown eyelashes; trichiasis
taking food with one's chopsticks upside down (a breach of etiquette)
child dying before parents; occurrence out of sequence; wrong order
shaving against the grain; shaving upwards
ascending vertical sword attack (kendo, etc.)
wooden pillar placed with its base pointing up (believed to cause ominous phenomena); inverted pillar
backward-twisting overarm throw
good advice is harsh to the ear
backfire (of a spell, curse, etc.)
turned-in eyelashes; ingrown eyelashes; trichiasis
upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea ornata); jellyfish of the genus Cassiopea; traditional love hotel; traditional Japanese inn specially for couples
good advice is harsh to the ear
exercise regime to convert breech presentation; trying to correct an unborn child's improper position so that the head comes out first
headlong dive; header; plunge
to retort; to turn the tables (on someone)
a child dying before its parents
wooden pillar placed with its base pointing up (believed to cause ominous phenomena); inverted pillar; having one pillar of a building inverted (so as to not strive for perfection)
right-facing swastika; clockwise swastika
European physa (Physella acuta); tadpole snail; bladder snail
upside-down catfish (Synodontis nigriventris)