. Tottenham is turned French, a proverb used in reference to any unlikely or remarkable change. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > reversal [phrase] (6) Tottenham is turned French1546 . Tottenham is turned French, a proverb used in reference to any unlikely or remarkable change. Obsolete. to turn the tables1612 to turn the tables and variants: to reverse one's position relative to someone else, esp. by turning a position of disadvantage into one of… to have one's heart in one's boots (also shoes, heels, hose, etc.)1642 to have one's heart in one's boots (also shoes, heels, †hose, etc.) and variants: to be in a state of extreme fear or dejection. Also one's heart sink… the boot is on the other leg1854 Phrases, as †to make one boot serve for either leg (see quot.); the boot is on the other leg: the case is altered, the responsibility is on the… the shoe is on the other foot1933 Phrases and figurative uses. another pair of shoes (predicatively): quite a different matter or state of things. the shoe is on the other foot: the… the wheel has come full circle1944 The wheel which Fortune is fabled to turn, an emblem of mutability. (See also 5) So wheel of Providence (rare). |
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