head over heels

Etymology
Attested from the 14th century onwards, originally as, which better rendered the notion of things being upside down (head over heels is the standard state of being).

Adverb

 * 1) Tumbling upside down; somersaulting.
 * 2) At top speed; frantically.
 * 3)  ; madly; to distraction; deeply; utterly.
 * 1) At top speed; frantically.
 * 2)  ; madly; to distraction; deeply; utterly.
 * 1)  ; madly; to distraction; deeply; utterly.
 * 1)  ; madly; to distraction; deeply; utterly.
 * 1)  ; madly; to distraction; deeply; utterly.
 * 1)  ; madly; to distraction; deeply; utterly.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: през глава
 * Catalan: de tomballons
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: päistikkaa,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Italian: gambe all'aria
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hodestups
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: cabeça pra baixo,
 * Russian: вверх нога́ми, ,
 * Slovak: hore nohami
 * Spanish: cabeza abajo,
 * Swedish: stå på öronen
 * Ukrainian: догори дриґом
 * Welsh: tin dros ben, dinben drosben, dibyn-dobyn


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, wie verrückt, wie wahnsinnig
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: a gambe levate
 * Limburgish:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak: nohy na plecia
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: стрімголов


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: korviaan myöten,
 * French:, , à la folie,
 * German:, , , (bis) über beide Ohren
 * Hungarian: fülig
 * Italian:, , fuori di testa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hodestups
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: po uši, beznádejne
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, upp över öronen
 * Ukrainian: по вуха, по самі вуха

Adjective

 * 1)  smitten; madly in love.

Translations

 * Finnish: korviaan myöten rakastunut ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Slovak: zaľúbený po uši, beznádejne zaľúbený
 * Swedish: upp över öronen