this sentence is something that the main character fujinuma thinks to himself after having a conversation with his manager. fujinuma is only a part time worker, but the manager wants to offer him a full time position. however, he is indecisive since he is also striving to become a published manga artist as well.
フラフラしてるように見えるって事の裏返しの言葉でも あるんだろうが。。。俺みたいな奴に有難い言葉だ。。 。
the only part I am having trouble on is how to interpret 裏返しの言葉 and フラフラしてるように見える. フラフラ means to stagger or be unsteady on one's feet, so my rough translation of フラフラしてるように見える is "he (the manager) seems to be unsteady on his feet".
i couldn't make sense of 裏返しの言葉 so I tried interpreting the entire phrase フラフラしてるように見えるって事の裏返しの as modifying 言葉 instead. 裏返し means inside out or upside down, so my rough translation of フラフラしてるように見えるって事の裏返しの言葉 is: "the words that show the opposite of the manager being unsteady on his feet".
so the manager doesn't seem to act like he really needs fujinuma that desperately?
am i getting this interpretation right? help will be greatly appreciated.