ass-backwards | Idiomator

Meaning: (colloquial)Orientedbackwards, particularly after amishap.The car spun out of control and I ended upass-backwardsin a ditch.; (idiomatic,colloquial)Hopelesslymisguided; contrary to what is normal, expected, or logical; having taken the utterly wrong choice.No wonder it doesn't work. The whole design isass-backwards.

Examples:

EN: They always get everything ass-backwards.
ES: Ellos siempre lo enredan todo.
EN: Totally ass-backwards.
ES: Totalmente.
EN: Plymouths are a pain in the ass. Everything is ass-backwards.
ES: Los Plymouths son un dolor de cabeza.
EN: You're all ass-backwards with that kid tiptoeing around, hoping he's gonna pat you on the head.
ES: Todo lo hiciste al revés con ese muchacho llevándolo de la mano esperando que te acaricie la cabeza.
EN: You really fell ass-backwards into something, didn't you, hon?
ES: Te tropezaste con algo valioso, ¿no es verdad, cariño?
EN: Fall ass-backwards into money. Mooch food off your neighbours and have sex without dating.
ES: Consigue dinero sin darse cuenta, le quita la comida a los vecinos y hace el amor sin una cita.
EN: You're seeing all this ass-backwards.
ES: Entienden todo al revés.
EN: Stupid-ass kids probably got themselves turned around ass-backwards and got theyself lost.
ES: Supongo que a los idiotas les dio miedo perderse así que dieron la vuelta.
EN: Well, which way were you born, ass-backwards?
ES: Bueno, ¿tú naciste estúpida?
EN: - Then sit down and shut up. Josh Lyman opens the door from outside as Leo loses his grip and I go flying out the door ass-backwards on the street in front of 50 TV cameras.
ES: Josh Lyman abre la puerta desde fuera, ...entonces Leo la suelta y y yo salgo volando por la puerta.... ... y caigo de culo en la calle frente a 50 cámaras de TV.
EN: Some little lowly box boy who fell ass-backwards into a job title, or King Dick, head cashier and winner of the southwest regional speed ring competition?
ES: ¿Con un cadete de segunda, que cayó de casualidad en un puesto... o con el Rey Dick, jefe de cajeros y ganador... de la competencia regional de velocidad del suroeste?
EN: You got that ass-backwards, sonny, we didn't shoot those people, the chrome jobs did.
ES: Eres un idiota Sonny. Nosotros no le disparamos a esas personas, los cromados lo hicieron.
EN: The experience,too often,is ass-backwards and upside down.
ES: La experiencia, muy a menudo, va completamente al revés.
EN: This is so ass-backwards.
ES: Esto es tan al revés.
EN: I can't believe it. We are doing this ass-backwards.
ES: Sabes, no puedo creer lo que estamos haciendo, hay que hacerlo de otra manera.

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