wait (on) tables Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
turn the tables
reverse the situation The opposing team were able to finally turn the tables and won the game.
turn the tables on
begin to defeat the person who was defeating you, mount a comeback When I learned how to return his serve, I turned the tables on him and won the set.
wait on tables
(See wait on customers)
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.
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v. phr. To make something happen just the opposite of how it is supposed to happen.
The boys turned the tables on John when they took his squirt gun away and squirted him.wait (on) tables
To serve aliment and drinks to assemblage in a restaurant or agnate establishment, as of a aide or waitress. Until I got my aboriginal big TV role, I waited tables at a diner.Learn more: table, waitwait (on) tables
Fig. to serve aliment and tend diners, as at a restaurant. I waited on tables for years to pay my academy tuition.Learn more: table, waitwait (on) ˈtables
(American English) assignment confined aliment to bodies in a restaurant: I delay on tables at a restaurant abreast my apartment. ♢ She formed her way through academy cat-and-mouse tables.Learn more: table, wait
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