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Reader question: Please explain this sentence, “flipping the script” in particular: Warmer weather has people flipping the script on their closet. My comments: This means people are wearing T-shirts and skirts instead of sweaters and long sleeves, something they don’t normally do this time of the year. Normally this time of the year it’s still very cold. Sweaters and long sleeves, hence, are usually the rage. However, due to warmer weather this year, people no longer have use for them. That’s why people are said to be “flipping the script on their closet”, turning their usual idea of what to wear upside down. To flip, you see, is to turn something to the other side. The other side of a coin, for example, is sometimes called the flip side – you flit it and turn to look at the other side. The script, on the other hand, is the written form of a play with descriptions of scenes and dialogues for actors to follow and act on. If every actor follows the script, as they’re supposed to do, then things fall in their place and the play will proceed smoothly and seamlessly all the way to a successful conclusion. However, if someone flips the script and reads other people’s lines in a dialogue, then chaos ensue. Hence and by extension, if people metaphorically flip the script on something, they do the opposite of what they’re supposed to do, surprising everyone as a result. | 
