English Class 5 Idioms

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Find the correct meaning of the idioms in quotation marks.
I could not sleep and was doing "topsy-turvy" in the bed whole night.

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A To dream.
B To turn straight.
C To flip over and turn upside down.
D To sleep well.

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Answer: C. To flip over and turn upside down.

The correct meaning of the idiom "topsy-turvy" in this context is C. To flip over and turn upside down.
The idiom topsy-turvy primarily refers to a state of being upside down, confused, or in total disorder. When used to describe someone struggling to sleep in bed, it conveys the physical action of constantly turning and tossing

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