Had used the expression recently and somehow got me thinking why it should mean "excited", "completely", "too far gone"... your head is always over your heels right? so why should it mean something beyond the normal?
Turns out (thank you Google God) the original expression is "heels over head" symbolizing a cartwheel and dating back to sometime in the 14th century. Apparently it got jumbled to "head over heels" sometime in the 17th century.
I've always wished I could do cartwheels so I could go heels over head when I'm really happy! Don't you?
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