Reversed "in proportion to"?

[Wilson Gray]

On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> To me, this "in indirect proportion" is reversed.  "Legendary" status
> in "indirect proportion" to "mess" tells me he will make only a
> *small* mess of his life.  Am I wrong?
>

No.
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