Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
tumbling upside down:
at top speed; frantically:
hopelessly, madly (as in head over heels in love):
Русский
By meaning 2
tumbling upside down:
at top speed; frantically:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
tumbling upside down:
at top speed; frantically:
hopelessly, madly (as in head over heels in love):

Examples

39 sentences

  1. He's head over heels in love with Mary.

    Він до нестями закоханий у Мері. — deniko

    ruОн по уши влюблен в Мэри. — sharptoothed

    deEr ist über beide Ohren in Mary verliebt. — Dani6187

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  2. Tom fell head over heels for Mary.

    Том до нестями закохався у Мері. — deniko

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  3. Tom is head over heels in debt.

    ruТом в долгах как в шелках. — Balamax

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Meaning

3 senses

  1. (not comparable)Tumbling upside down; somersaulting.

    She tripped and rolled head over heels down the hill.

    purzelnd, überschlagend, kopfüber

    вверх нога́миvverx nogámi, вверх торма́шкамиvverx tormáškami, ку́баремkúbarem

    догори дриґомdohory drygom

  2. (not comparable, usually)Hopelessly; madly; to distraction; deeply; utterly.

    Hals über Kopf, (bis) über beide Ohren

    по вухаpo vuxa, по самі вухаpo sami vuxa

  3. (not comparable)At top speed; frantically.

    Hearing the noise in the dark, the children ran head over heels back home.

    Hals über Kopf, wie verrückt, wie wahnsinnig

    сломя́ го́ловуslomjá gólovu, очертя́ го́ловуočertjá gólovu, стремгла́вstremgláv

    стрімголовstrimholov

More definitions
  • in disorderly haste

Origin

Attested from the 14th century onwards, originally as heels over head, which better render

Attested from the 14th century onwards, originally as heels over head, which better rendered the notion of things being upside down (head over heels is the standard state of being).

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Synonyms

9 synonyms
Tumbling upside down:base over apex
Hopelessly:head over ears
At top speed:full tiltfull throttlelike mad
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
heA1headA1headacheA1headbandheadboardheadbutt

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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