Fascist movements adopt local symbols and words. They turn these, often, to meanings that are the exact opposite from their origin.
That was perfect. It was just the opposite from what I said yesterday.
When somebody tells you they're not very smart, they're saying exactly the opposite.
I mean the opposite of what I say./You've got it now? No, it's the other way.
I don't know if English is the only language where some expressions only and solely mean the opposite of what they say but we do have an awful lot of them.
The word devil is very beautiful, if you read it backwards it becomes lived.
Yes" actually means "No" 100% of the time, when the question is "Can I give you some advice?
Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite.
As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way.
If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?
There is no idea that does not carry in itself a possible refutation, no word that does not imply its opposite.
