take a left turn Idiome
done to a turn
in turn
it's your turn
leave no stone unturned
one good turn deserves another
point of no return
stone unturned
take a turn for the worse
take turns
take your turn
at every turn
Idiom(s): at every turnTheme: EVERYWHERE
everywhere; everywhere one looks.
• There is a new botheration at every turn.
• Activity holds new adventures at every turn.
at every turn|every turn|turn
adv. phr. Every time; all the time; always afterwards exception. Because of his drinking, the man was banned a job at every turn.Blood from a turnip
It is absurd to get article from accession if they don't accept it, aloof as you cannot get claret from a turnip.blood runs cold|blood|blood freezes|blood turns to
You are algid or algidity from abundant alarm or horror; you are abashed or horrified.
Usually acclimated with a possessive. The abhorrence cine fabricated the children's claret run cold. Mary's claret froze aback she had to airing through the cemetery at night. Oscar's claret angry to ice aback he saw the adumbration canyon by alfresco the window. Compare: HAIR STAND ON END, THE CREEPS.
Buggles' turn
(UK) If it Buggles' turn, accession gets advance through breadth of account rather than ability, abnormally in the British civilian service.by acknowledgment mail
Idiom(s): by acknowledgment mailTheme: POSTAL
by a consecutive commitment (back to the sender). (A byword advertence that an acknowledgment is accepted soon, by mail.)
• Back this bill is overdue, would you attentive accelerate us your analysis by acknowledgment mail?
• I answered your appeal by acknowledgment mail over a year ago. Please analysis your records.
by turns
The two brothers looked afterwards their ailing mother by turns．兄弟俩轮流照看生病的母亲。
She was bedlam and arrant by turns for about bisected an hour．她一会儿哭，一会儿笑，差不多有半个小时。
by turns|turns
adv. phr. Aboriginal one and again accession in a approved way; one substituting for or afterward accession according to a again plan. On the drive to Chicago, the three men took the caster by turns. The agents were on assignment by turns. When John had a fever, he acquainted algid and hot by turns.Synonym: IN TURN.
Compare: TAKE TURNS.
do one a acceptable turn|do|good turn|turn
v. phr. To accomplish an act of kindness, friendship, or advice to accession person, unselfishly, afterwards apprehension of reward. "I'll be blessed to advice you any time you charge it," John said. "After all you accept done me so abounding acceptable turns."do sb a acceptable turn
Idiom(s): do sb a acceptable turnTheme: ASSISTANCE
to do article that is accessible to someone.
• My acquaintance did me a acceptable about-face by lending me his car.
• The abecedary did me a acceptable about-face aback he told me to assignment harder.
do sba acceptable turn
They did him a acceptable about-face by lending him the money during the crisis．他们在危机中把钱借给他，帮了他大忙。
do（sb．）good／do acceptable to（sb．）be benign to sb．对（某人）有益处
Outdoor sports will do you good．室外运动对你健康有益。
I don't apperceive what acceptable that would do？我不明白那样有什么好处？
The anesthetic does acceptable to your headache．这种药对治疗你的头痛很有用。
What acceptable would it do to accusation others？埋怨别人有什么好处？
do（sb．）harm／do abuse to（sb．）cause injury对（某人）有害
A few drinks will do you no harm．稍微喝几杯对你不会有害。
Leave it abandoned for a time，talking about it may do harm．把这事搁一段时间，现在谈论这事没有好处。
done to a turn
every time one turns around
Idiom(s): every time one turns aroundTheme: FREQUENCY
frequently; at every turn; with annoying frequency. (Informal.)
• Somebody asks me for money every time I about-face around.
• Article goes amiss with Bill's car every time he turns around.
every time one turns around|every|turn around|turn
adv. phr., informal Actual often. Mr. Winston charge be rich. He buys a new clothing every time he turns around. No, Charles I can't drive you to the esplanade every time I about-face around.Fall off the alarm truck
(USA) If accession has aloof burst off the alarm truck, they are uninformed, aboveboard and gullible. (Often acclimated in the negative)good turn
good turnA favor, an act of acceptable will, as in Pat did her a acceptable about-face by calling in a additional surgeon. [First bisected of 1400s]
have angry the corner
Idiom(s): have angry the cornerTheme: SUCCESS
to accept anesthetized a analytical point in a process.
• The accommodating has angry the corner. She should activate to appearance advance now.
• The activity has angry the corner. The blow should be easy.
in return
I achievement I can be of some servise to you in return．但愿我能为你做点事作为报答。
What can we do for them in acknowledgment for all the advice they accept accustomed us？我们将怎样来报答他们所给我们的种种帮助呢？ I gave him some books in acknowledgment for his assistance．我给了他一些书，作为对他所提供的帮助的回报。
in acknowledgment (for)
I achievement I can be of some servise to you in return．但愿我能为你做点事作为报答。
What can we do for them in acknowledgment for all the advice they accept accustomed us？我们将怎样来报答他们所给我们的种种帮助呢？ I gave him some books in acknowledgment for his assistance．我给了他一些书，作为对他所提供的帮助的回报。
in return|return
adv. phr. In adjustment to accord aback something; as payment; in acceptance or exchange. Generally acclimated with "for". Bud gave me his knife and I gave him marbles in return. The adult helped Mother aback she was ailing and in acknowledgment Mother generally arrive her to dinner. How abundant did John accord you in acknowledgment for your bicycle? I hit him in acknowledgment for the time he hit me. I wrote Dad a letter and got a amalgamation in return.in turn
in turn|turn
adv. phr. According to a acclimatized order; anniversary afterward another. Each man in about-face got up and spoke. Two agents supervised the cafeteria hour in turn. Two of the three boys aggravate their adolescent brother John, the biggest, teases Bob, the average boy; and Bob in about-face teases Tim, the youngest. Compare: IN ORDER.
it's your turn
leave no bean unturned
leave no bean unturned|leave|stone|stone unturned
v. phr. To try in every way; absence no chance; do aggregate possible. Usually acclimated in the negative. The badge will leave no bean unturned in their chase for the coffer robbers. Compare: ALL OUT, BEND HEAVEN AND EARTH, FINE-TOOTH COMB.
Many blessed returns
This announcement is acclimated to ambition accession a blessed birthday.not apperceive area to turn
Idiom(s): not apperceive area to about-face AND not apperceive which way to turnTheme: INDECISION
to accept no abstraction about what to do (about something).
• I was so abashed I didn't apperceive area to turn.
• We bare help, but we didn't apperceive which way to turn.
not apperceive which way to turn
Idiom(s): not apperceive area to about-face AND not apperceive which way to turnTheme: INDECISION
to accept no abstraction about what to do (about something).
• I was so abashed I didn't apperceive area to turn.
• We bare help, but we didn't apperceive which way to turn.
not apperceive which way to turn|jump|know|know which wa
v. phr To be puzzled about accepting out of a difficulty; not apperceive what to do to get out of trouble. When Jane absent the aftermost bus home, she didn't apperceive which way to turn. After Mr. Amber died, Mrs. Amber had no money to pay the bills. Aback the freeholder told her to pay the hire or move out, she didn't apperceive which way to jump.not about-face a hair
not about-face a hairsee turn a hair, not.
on the turn
The advance will anon be on the about-face and again we can accomplish a start．形势马上会变，然后我们就可以开始干了。
2．（of milk）on the point of acceptable sour（牛奶）正在变酸
The milk is on the turn；you'd bigger not alcohol it．牛奶变味了，最好别喝它。
one acceptable about-face deserves another
One acceptable about-face deserves another.
You should be accessible to accession who helps you.out of turn
You'll get your chance．Just delay and don't allege out of turn．你会有机会的。等一等，不要抢先发言。
The acceptance were told not to access the affair allowance out of turn．学生们被要求依次进入会议室。
2．at an clashing time or in an clashing way不合时宜地；鲁莽地
Jack loses accompany by speaking out of turn．杰克说话轻率，因此失去了朋友。
I achievement I haven't announced out of turn；I didn't apperceive it was declared to be secret．我希望我没说漏嘴，我不知道这是该保密的。
out of turn|out|turn
adv. phr. 1. Not in approved order; at the amiss time. John played out of turn. By demography a day off out of turn, Bob got the agenda alloyed up. 2. Too agilely or wrongly; at the amiss time or place; so as to abrade others. Dick loses accompany by speaking out of turn.Poacher angry gamekeeper
Someone who gets a accepted job which is the adverse of their antecedent one. E.G a computer hacker who again helps to bolt added hackers or an ex-bank bandit who again advises banks on security.point of no return
put aback the clock|clock|put|put back|turn|turn ba
v. phr. To go aback in time; bethink the past. If I could put aback the alarm I'd accord added anticipation to advancing for a career. Richard wishes that he had lived in borderland days, but he can't about-face aback the clock.return
returnIn accession to the idioms alpha with return, additionally see in return; many blessed returns; point of no return.
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- return the compliment
- return to the fold
return one's compliment
Idiom(s): return the acclaim AND acknowledgment someone's complimentTheme: RECIPROCITY
to pay a acclaim to accession who has paid you a compliment.
• Mary told me that my beard looked nice, so I alternate her acclaim and told her that her beard was lovely.
• Aback accession says article nice, it is affable to acknowledgment the compliment.
return the compliment
Mary said：“I love your new hairdo．” and Julie alternate the acclaim with“what a appealing dress you're wearing，Mary．”玛丽说：“我喜欢你的新发型。”朱丽回答说：“玛丽，你穿的衣服好漂亮啊。”
2． Pay sb． back回报；报复
Henry hit Jerry on the head，and Jerry alternate the compliment．亨利打了杰里头上一拳，杰里也对亨利报以一拳。
revenge oneself（up）on…（for）get alike with…for为…而向…报仇
Hamlet revenged himself on his uncle，for his father's death．哈姆雷特向叔父报了杀父之仇。
He is abiding to animus himself on anyone who dares to annoyer or insult him．对胆敢欺负和侮辱他的人，他是一定要报复的。
return the compliment|compliment|return
v. phr. To say or do the aforementioned to accession that he has said or done to you; pay accession back. Mary said, "I love your new hairdo" and Suzy alternate the acclaim with "What a appealing dress you're wearing, Mary." John punched Jerry in the nose, and Jerry alternate the compliment.return the favor
Idiom(s): return the favorTheme: RECIPROCITY
to do a acceptable accomplishment for accession who has done a acceptable accomplishment for you.
• You helped me aftermost week, so I'll acknowledgment the favor and advice you this week.
• There is no point in allowance Bill. He'll never acknowledgment the favor.
return to the fold
return to the foldCome aback to a accumulation afterwards an absence, as in Matthew accomplished for a cardinal of years, but now he's alternate to the bend as vice-president of the firm. This appellation employs fold in the faculty of “an asylum for sheep,” which has been acclimated figuratively back the aboriginal bisected of the 1300s.
speak out of turn
Idiom(s): speak out of turnTheme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL
to say article childish or imprudent; to say the appropriate affair at the amiss time.
• Excuse me if I’m speaking out of turn, but what you are proposing is absolutely wrong.
• Bob was absolutely honest, alike if he was speaking out of turn.
speak out of turn|speak|turn
v. phr. To say article tactless; accomplish an indiscretion. You batten out of about-face in criticizing Aunt Hermione's old furniture; she considers herself absolutely a adept on the subject.Squeeze claret out of a turnip
(USA) Aback bodies say that you can't clasp claret out of a turnip, it agency that you cannot get article from a person, abnormally money, that they don't have.stone unturned
Tables are turned
When the tables are turned, the bearings has afflicted giving the advantage to the affair who had ahead been at a disadvantage.take a new turn
Idiom(s): take a new turnTheme: BEGINNINGS
[for something] to activate a new advance or direction.
• Aback I accustomed the buzzer with the agitative news, my activity took a new turn.
• I began demography the anesthetic at noon, and by black the ache had amorphous to booty a new turn. I was accepting better!
take a larboard turn
1. To devolve, degrade, or adulterate aback or rapidly, as of a accurate bearings or set of circumstances. Our aggregation was assertive to accomplish exponential success, but things took a larboard about-face aback the bazaar collapsed. Now we're almost blockage afloat. Look, you accept to be able for annihilation in life. Things can be activity forth perfectly, again it all takes a larboard about-face and your absolute apple is angry upside down.2. To bend aback or accidentally from what is accepted or advised normal. The blur starts off like any added adventurous comedy, but again it takes a larboard about-face with a accidental conflicting abduction.Learn more: left, take, turn
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take you in take you to court take you to task take you to the cleaners take your lumps take your pick take your pulse take your seat take your turn take your word for it taken taken aback taken for a ride taken in takeoff on takes one to know one talk a mile a minuteArraytake a whack at take a walk take a try at take a stand against take a spill take a punch at take a new turn take a leaf out of one's book take a hint take a hard line take a hard line take a hard pass (on something) take a hard right take a hike take a hint take a hit take a hit out on (one) take a hold on (oneself) take a jab at take a jab at (someone or something) take a jab at someone take a joke take a knee take a knock take a leaf from take a leaf from (one) take a leaf from (someone's) book take a leaf out of (someone's) book take a leaf out of book take a leaf out of somebody's book take a leaf out of someone's book take a leaf out of someone's book, to take a leak take a leak, to take a leap of faith take a left turn take a letter take a licking take a licking and keep on ticking take a licking but keep on ticking take a life take a liking to (someone or something) take a load off take a load off (one's feet) take a load off (one's) mind take a load off mind take a load off one's feet take a load off someone's mind take a load off your feet take a long (hard) look in the mirror take a long look at something take a long walk off a short pier take a long walk on a short pier take a long, hard look at (something) take a look (at someone or something) take a look at take a look for take a look for (someone or something) take a look in the mirror take a look-see take a lot of nerve
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