ass-backwards

Etymology
Recorded in the US in the 1930s. From

Adjective

 * 1)  Oriented backwards, particularly after a mishap.
 * 2)  Hopelessly misguided; contrary to what is normal, expected, or logical; having taken the utterly wrong choice.
 * 1)  Hopelessly misguided; contrary to what is normal, expected, or logical; having taken the utterly wrong choice.

Adverb

 * 1)  Moving backwards, that is, rear end first.
 * 2)  In a hopelessly misguided manner; in a manner contrary to what is normal, expected, or logical.

Translations

 * Finnish: perse edellä
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian: testacoda
 * Polish:
 * Russian: за́дом наперёд,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish: päin persettä
 * Italian: alla cazzo di cane, alla carlona, alla meglio, alla bell’e meglio
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: a tuertas