プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ひっくりかえる【引っ繰り返る】
❶〔覆る〕turn over
舟が引っ繰り返った
A boat capsized [tipped over/overturned].
形勢が引っ繰り返った
The situation was reversed.／The tables were turned.／《口》 Things were turned topsy-turvy.
世の中は引っ繰り返るような大騒ぎになった
「The world was thrown [It threw the world] into utter confusion.
❷〔倒れる〕tumble down
自転車で引っ繰り返る
fall off a bicycle
仰向けに引っ繰り返る
fall on one's back
逆様に引っ繰り返る
fall head over heels／fall upside down
ミルク瓶が引っ繰り返った
The milk bottle was overturned [knocked over].
寝床に引っ繰り返って本を読む
read a book lying in bed
❸〔駄目になる〕
計画が引っ繰り返った
Our plans fell flat [through].
彼が欠席したので予定が引っ繰り返った
His absence 「upset the (whole) schedule [《口》 threw our plans out of kilter].