standing on one's head

Idioms  

1. see under do blindfolded.

---

Example Sentences

There was no place for standing on one's head.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

This Supper consists of fruit, followed by buckwheat cakes, followed by meat or eggs; and to eat one’s way through it induces a curious sense of standing on one’s head.

From The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 by Various

In his fun there is no grinning through a horse-collar, no standing on one's head, none of the guffaws, and antics, and "full-bodied gaiety of our English Cider-Cellar."

From Matthew Arnold by Russell, George William Erskine

This is the logical order, because one goes to the street and then finds the number, but it gives to the American reader a curious sensation of mentally standing on one's head.

From Abbreviations and Signs A Primer of Information about Abbreviations and Signs, with Classified Lists of Those in Most Common Use by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

That is the true origin of standing on one's head; and the ultimate defence of paradox.

From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)