颠倒黑白 meaning in English
(颠倒是非) call white black and black white -- confuse right and wrong; confound black and white; give a false account of the true facts; invert [overthrow] justice; make black look white, and white look black; pass off black as white; prove that black is white; stand facts on their heads; talk [turn] black into white; turn matters upside down; transpose black and white
Examples
- The report was full of lies and prevarications
这篇报道不是颠倒黑白就是含糊其辞 - The report was full of lies and prevarications
这篇报道不是颠倒黑白就是含糊其辞。 - You can ' t change iron into gold
你不能把铁变成金子（不能颠倒黑白） 。 - You can never believe what he says ; he will call black white if it suits his purpose
你不要相信他的话，他为了达到目的，常常颠倒黑白。 - Awfully dumb reporters . they write it up wrong , you deny the whole thing later on
那些记者简直是愚蠢透顶。他们总是颠倒黑白，以后你别理他们了。