Turn topsy-turvy
- (a)To completely change something
- (b)To completely evaluate something
- (c)To enjoy yourself greatly
- (d)To exhaust yourself completely
Answer
A
Why
Correct — A, 'To completely change something'. 'Topsy-turvy' means upside down or in complete disorder, so to turn something topsy-turvy is to overturn it and change it completely — option (a).
Why the others are wrong
- (b)To completely evaluate something — 'Evaluate' (to judge or assess) has no link to the upside-down, disordered sense of topsy-turvy.
- (c)To enjoy yourself greatly — Enjoyment is unrelated; the phrase is about overturning or disrupting, not having fun.
- (d)To exhaust yourself completely — That refers to tiredness, not to turning something upside down.
Concept
'Topsy-turvy' means upside down or in disorder, so to 'turn topsy-turvy' is to overturn or completely change something.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct meaning of the phrase 'turn upside down'.
- (a)To leave unchanged
- (b)To throw into disorder or change completely
- (c)To repair carefully
- (d)To measure accurately
Answer(b) To throw into disorder or change completely — the same idea as turning something topsy-turvy.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The word 'topsy-turvy' most nearly means —
- (a)in perfect order
- (b)upside down / in confusion
- (c)very slowly
- (d)brightly lit
Answer(b) upside down / in confusion — that is exactly what topsy-turvy describes.