Significado: a new leaf was turned over

(alguém) iniciou uma nova página, partiu para outra, deu uma guinada de 180 graus, iniciou uma nova vida

someone's back is turned Idioma

leave no stone unturned

try in every way, do everything possible The police left no stone unturned when they were looking for the little girl who was lost.

stone unturned

(See leave no stone unturned)

the tide turned

there was a change, the turning point The tide turned when the baby began to nurse. He grew stronger.

tide turned

(See the tide turned)

The worm has turned

Idiom(s): The worm (has) turned.

Theme: BEHAVIOR - CHANGE

Someone who is usually patient and humble has decided to stop being so.
• Jane used to be treated badly by her husband and she just accepted it, but one day she hit him. The worm turned all right.
• Tom used to let the other boys bully him on the playground, but one day the worm turned and he's now leader of their gang.

have turned the corner

Idiom(s): have turned the corner

Theme: SUCCESS

to have passed a critical point in a process.
• The patient has turned the corner. She should begin to show improvement now.
• The project has turned the corner. The rest should be easy.

Poacher turned gamekeeper

Someone who gets a legitimate job which is the opposite of their previous one. E.G a computer hacker who then helps to catch other hackers or an ex-bank robber who then advises banks on security.

Tables are turned

When the tables are turned, the situation has changed giving the advantage to the party who had previously been at a disadvantage.

leave no stone unturned|leave|stone|stone unturned

v. phr. To try in every way; miss no chance; do everything possible.

Usually used in the negative. The police will leave no stone unturned in their search for the bank robbers.
Compare: ALL OUT, BEND HEAVEN AND EARTH, FINE-TOOTH COMB.

unturned

unturned
see leave no stone unturned.

(one's) aback is turned

One is not looking; one is distracted, absent, or complex in article else. Jimmy affective addition cookie aback his mom's aback was turned. It angry out that the carnality admiral of the aggregation had been orchestrating a adverse takeover aback the president's aback was turned.Learn more: back, turn

someone's aback is turned

someone's absorption is elsewhere. 1989 Orson Scott Card Prentice Alvin That amateurish of castigation attending able abundant to dig it hisself, if he doesn't apathetic off and beddy-bye aback your aback is turned. Learn more: back, turn

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unkindest cut unknown quantity unlikely unseen unstuck until untimely unto unturned unvarnished truth unwashed unwritten law up up a creek some such somebody somebody call the wambulance Somebody died in here! somebody up there is looking out for me somebody up there loves me somebody wouldn't be seen/caught dead... somebody, who will/shall remain/be nameless somebody/something/somewhere or other somebody's favourite son somebody's scene somehow somehow or (an)other someone someone (has) walked over (one's) grave someone call the wambulance someone can kiss my arse someone could do something in their sleep someone is walking over (one's) grave someone needs to get out more someone or something from hell someone or something owes you a living someone up there is looking out for me someone up there loves me someone’s ass is grass someone's back is turned someone's bag of tricks someone's bark is worse than their bite someone's blood is up someone's bread and butter someone's day in court someone's days are numbered someone's ears are burning someone's ears are flapping someone's eyes are bigger than their belly someone's face fits someone's hands are clean someone's lips are sealed someone's main squeeze someone's name is mud someone's number is up someone's one and only someone's only got one pair of hands someone's partner in crime someone's star is rising someone's sun is set someone's tongue is hanging out someone's trump card someone's word is law someone's word is their bond someplace