wear the shoes on the head and the cap on the feet

wear the shoes on the head and the cap on the feet

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Gu ā NL ǚ D à oy ì, which means that the upper and lower positions are reversed, regardless of the superiority and inferiority. It comes from the biography of Yang CI in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Yang CI in the book of the later Han Dynasty, it is said that "the crown and the shoes are not easy, and the tomb and valley are in the place of the emperor."

Analysis of Idioms

Putting the cart before the horse

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; as object and attribute; metaphor upside down, regardless of rank.