the other way around

• Expressão usada para indicar que o contrário ou o inverso do que foi dito é o que vale, ou que a ordem das coisas está invertida. Pode também significar em sentido oposto ou de modo inverso.

An expression used to indicate that the opposite or reverse of what has been stated is true, or that the order of things is reversed.

1. Opposite position or orderB1informal

   Used to indicate that the actual situation is the reverse of what was stated or assumed.

   O contrário

   • I thought you were the manager, but it's the other way around.
   • She thought he was her boss, but it was the other way around.
   • You have the instructions backwards; it should be the other way around.