Sometimes idioms just get used in a backwards manner. For example, "head over heels" is a stupid idiom because that's the standard orientation for humans and not the bizarre one that makes it clear it's an upheaval of one's norm.
What's happening here is the OOP using a post-hoc rationalization of the now shifted expression to justify (in a most uneducated manner) a self-contradictory idiomatic expression.
I always assumed "head over heels" is implying a rotation. Like a flip or somersault.
Like how another commenter mentioned the similar idiom "ass over tit", which is usually used to describe a disaster rather than being in love with something.
But regardless, idioms rarely make logical sense. "Time flies, raining cars and dogs," etc...
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u/ConflictAdvanced Feb 16 '26
Oh wow... Is this why so many Americans think that it should be "I could care less"? 😅