tide\ turn

tide\ turn
See: turn the tide

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • tide turn — See: TURN THE TIDE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • tide turn — See: TURN THE TIDE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • turn upside down — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, better, break up, capsize, careen, change, comb, convert, culbuter, deform, denature, diversify, evert, fit, improve, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert …   Moby Thesaurus

  • turn the tables — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, be listened to, be recognized, better, break up, change, change the preponderance, come back at, convert, counter, deform, denature, diversify, evert, fit, gain a footing …   Moby Thesaurus

  • turn over a new leaf — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, acculturate, adapt, adjust, advance, alter, ameliorate, amend, better, boost, break up, bring forward, change, civilize, convert, deform, denature, diversify, edify, educate, elevate, emend, enhance,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • turn — [tʉrn] vt. [ME turnen < OE turnian & OFr turner, tourner, both < L tornare, to turn in a lathe, turn < tornus, lathe < Gr tornos, lathe, carpenter s compasses, akin to terein, to bore through: for IE base see THROW] I to cause to… …   English World dictionary

  • turn the tide — {v. phr.} To change what looks like defeat into victory. * /We were losing the game until Jack got there. His coming turned the tide for us, and we won./ Compare: TIP THE SCALES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • turn the tide — {v. phr.} To change what looks like defeat into victory. * /We were losing the game until Jack got there. His coming turned the tide for us, and we won./ Compare: TIP THE SCALES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • tide — tide1 [tīd] n. [ME, tide, time, season < OE tid, time; akin to Ger zeit < IE * dī , var. of base * da(i) , to part, divide up > TIME, Sans dāti, (he) cuts off, Gr dēmos, district, people] 1. Obs. a period of time: now only in combination …   English World dictionary

  • Turn of the Tide — is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker.It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank.It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. The actors included John Garrick,… …   Wikipedia

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