プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
うらおもて【裏表】
&fRoman1;〔裏と表〕the right side and the wrong side
この布は裏表がない
This cloth is the same on both sides.／The cloth has no right or wrong side.
セーターを裏表に着ていた
I was wearing my sweater 「wrong side out [inside out].
この銀貨の裏表が分かるかい
Can you tell which side of this silver coin is heads and which is tails?
&fRoman2;〔見せ掛けと実際〕
彼は裏表のない人だ
He is an honest, straightforward man.
あの人は裏表がある
He is 「double-faced [two-faced/a double-dealer/a hypocrite].
その事件には裏表があった
There was another side to the matter.／That incident was not what it seemed to be.
彼は事件の裏表に通じている
He is familiar with the ins and outs of the case.／He knows the case inside out.