You put the fork on the right and the knife on the left. They should be the other way around. [=the fork should be on the left and the knife on the right]你把叉子放在了右边，刀放在了左边。应该反过来放。

Sometimes I cook and she does the dishes and sometimes it is the other way around. [=and sometimes she cooks and I do the dishes]有时候我做饭她洗碗，有时候情况正好相反。

“I thought he wanted a divorce.” “No, it was the other way around.” [=she wanted a divorce]“我觉得他想离婚。”“不，情况正好相反，是她想离婚。”