French-English translations for à l’envers

• backwards
  The battleship had three backwards guns at the stern, in addition to the primary complement
  The backwards lettering on emergency vehicles makes it possible to read in the rear-view mirror.
  Modern medicine regards the use of leeches as a backwards practice.
• in reverse
  Let us not play Robin Hood in reverse. Ne jouons pas les Robins des Bois à l’envers.
  It is Robin Hood in reverse, with the EU taking from the poor and giving to the rich. Elle est un peu comme un Robin des Bois à l’envers, prenant aux pauvres pour donner aux riches.
  The Satanic message can be unmasked by playing the song in reverse
• inside out
  I now realise that I have my shirt on inside out.
  I know IBM Assembler Language inside out.
  He hit the ball inside out in an ugly manner, but scored a four.
• upside down
  Well, that is, of course, turning the facts upside down. Eh bien, c’est évidemment retourner les faits à l’envers.
  The Union flag was flying upside down, a sign of danger.
  The thief had turned the room upside down.

Related words

• à l’endroit