turn the tables

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reverse a situation, so that the advantage has shifted to the party which was previously disadvantaged. idiomatic
    — Well, the tables are turned—the times are changed. A peaceful and unoffending man might have expected from a neighbour, now powerful in his turn, such protection when walking in the paths of the law, as all men, subjects of the realm, have a right to expect even from perfect strangers.

词形变化

turn tables canonical turns the tables present,singular,third-person turning the tables participle,present turned the tables participle,past turned the tables past
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