the other way around
01
used to emphasize that the exact opposite of what is said is true
习语
非正式
例子
Usually, people finish high school and then go to college, but for him, it's the other way around—he's attending college first and then completing high school.
02
with the order reversed
例子
You put the fork on the right and the knife on the left. They should be the other way around.
