| 单词 | turn to good account |
| 释义 | turn to good accountUse for one's benefit, as in He turned the delay to good account, using the time to finish correspondence. This idiom, first recorded in 1878, uses account in the sense of “a reckoning.” Words nearby turn to good accountturn the tables, turn the tide, turn the trick, turn thumbs down, turn to, turn to good account, turn turtle, turnup, turn up like a bad penny, turn up one's nose, turn up one's toes The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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