Network: Hallmark Channel. Storyline: After her sister and brother-in-law's tragic death, an American woman who is the guardian for her young niece and nephew is invited to a royal European castle for Christmas by her late brother-in-law's father, the Duke of Castlebury.
topâ¢sy-turâ¢vy /ËtÉpsiËtÉvi/USA pronunciation adv. 1  with the top where the bottom should be; upside down:turned the boat topsy-turvy.  in or into a state of confusion:Things went completely topsy-turvy because the new boss didn't know the company.
Word Origin and History for topsy-turvy Expand. adv., adj. 1520s, but prob. in popular use from an earlier period [OED], likely from tops, plural of top (n.1) highest point + obsolete terve turn upside down, topple over, from Old English tearflian to roll over, overturn, from Proto-Germanic *terbanan (cf. Old High German zerben to turn round).