put (one's) thumb on the scale Idiom

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tip the scales

change or influence a decision, the upper hand If you speak two languages, it could tip the scales in your favor when you apply for a job.

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tip the scales at

cause the scale to go up, weigh in at Elmer tips the scales at 135 kilos. He's a heavyweight.

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Off the scale

If something goes off the scale, it far exceeds the normal standards, good or bad, for something.

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Put your thumb on the scales

If you put your thumb on the scales, you try to influence the result of something in your favour.

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Scales fall from your eyes

When the scales fall from your eyes, you suddenly realise the truth about something.

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scale down|scale

v. To make smaller or less; decrease. John scaled down each boy's share of food after a bear robbed the camp. Tom built a scaled down model of the plane.
Compare: CUT DOWN.

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tip the scales|scales|tip

v. phr., informal 1. To weigh. Martin tips the scales at 180 pounds. 2. or tip the balance To have important or decisive influence; make a decision go for or against you; decide. John's vote tipped the scales in our favor, and we won the election.
Compare: TURN THE TIDE.

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to scale|scale

adv. phr. In the same proportions as in the true size; in the same shape, but not the same size. The statue was made to scale, one inch to a foot. He drew the map to scale, making one inch represent fifty miles.

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turn the scales|scales|turn

v. phr. To affect the balance in favor of one party or group against the other. It could well be that the speech he made turned the scales in their favor.

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scale

scale
In addition to the idiom beginning with scale, also see tip the balance; turn the tables.

Off the scale

If article goes off the scale, it far exceeds the accustomed standards, acceptable or bad, for something.

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Put your deride on the scales

If you put your deride on the scales, you try to access the aftereffect of article in your favour.

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scale

scale
In accession to the argot alpha with scale, additionally see tip the balance; turn the tables.

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scale down

scale down
Reduce the admeasurement or amount of, as in The owners absitively to calibration down wages. This expression, forth with the accompanying scale up, which refers to an increase, alludes to scale in the faculty of “a anchored standard.” [Late 1800s]

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scale down|scale

v. To accomplish abate or less; decrease. John scaled down anniversary boy's allotment of aliment afterwards a buck beggared the camp. Tom congenital a scaled down archetypal of the plane.
Compare: CUT DOWN.

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Scales abatement from your eyes

When the scales abatement from your eyes, you aback realise the accuracy about something.

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tip the scales

change or access a decision, the high duke If you allege two languages, it could tip the scales in your favor back you administer for a job.

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tip the scales at

cause the calibration to go up, counterbalance in at Elmer tips the scales at 135 kilos. He's a heavyweight.

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tip the scales|scales|tip

v. phr., informal 1. To weigh. Martin tips the scales at 180 pounds. 2. or tip the antithesis To accept important or absolute influence; accomplish a accommodation go for or adjoin you; decide. John's vote angled the scales in our favor, and we won the election.
Compare: TURN THE TIDE.

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to scale|scale

adv. phr. In the aforementioned accommodation as in the accurate size; in the aforementioned shape, but not the aforementioned size. The bronze was fabricated to scale, one inch to a foot. He drew the map to scale, authoritative one inch represent fifty miles.

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turn the scale

turn the scale
see tip the balance.

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turn the scales|scales|turn

v. phr. To affect the antithesis in favor of one affair or accumulation adjoin the other. It could able-bodied be that the accent he fabricated angry the scales in their favor.

put (one's) deride on the scale

To dispense a bearings in adjustment to actualize an arbitrary advantage by artful others. Likened to a merchant captivation a deride on the calibration back belief appurtenances for sale, accordingly accretion the credible weight and price. You accept to doubtable that the casinos put their deride on the calibration back it comes to the aperture machines. There's no way you're accepting fair odds. These behemothic corporations are consistently putting their thumbs on the scale, application their all-inclusive assets to access accessible action in their favor.Learn more: on, put, scale, thumb

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