TURN: idioms +
Phrase
reject or abandon
turns his back on
A young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.
A young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.
Phrase
a distinctive spoken or written expression
turn of phrase
People who describe themselves as “blind as a bat” might want to find a new turn of phrase. It turns out that the mouse-eared bat uses a form of light that most humans cannot see to guide its movements.
People who describe themselves as “blind as a bat” might want to find a new turn of phrase. It turns out that the mouse-eared bat uses a form of light that most humans cannot see to guide its movements.
Phrase
change around the way things happen
McDonald’s — battered by almost constant criticism of its negative nutritional and environmental impacts — is attempting to turn the tide by opening its first “green” restaurant.
Phrase
changed completely
turned upside down
In a sign of how thoroughly the country has been turned upside down, even some of the nation’s revered soccer heroes have become targets of rage for distancing themselves from the popular uprising.
In a sign of how thoroughly the country has been turned upside down, even some of the nation’s revered soccer heroes have become targets of rage for distancing themselves from the popular uprising.