颠倒

That would be reversal of the order of host and guest.

这就主客了。

I immediately fell head over heels for Don.

我立刻神魂地爱上了唐。

He was hypnotised by her beauty.

他见她艳丽动人而神魂。

If you invert “I can”, you have “can I”.

你把I can两词前后一下, 就成了can I。

She fascinates me beyond measure.

她使我神魂。

The tail wags the dog.

上下; 小人物掌权。

A concave mirror would project a real inverted image of the silverpoint onto the panel, which van Eyck would trace.

凹面镜把的实像投射到木板上，于克便可以在板子上描画。

In this company the workers tell the manager what he can and cannot do. It’s a real case of the tail wagging the dog.

这个公司里雇员规定经理的职权围，真上下。