Adam Makkai - Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц

[turn color] {v. phr.} To become a different color. •/ In the fall the leaves turn color. / •/ When the dye was added the solution turned color. /

[turn down] {v.} 1. To reduce the loudness, brightness, or force of. •/ The theater lights were turned down. / •/ Turn down that radio, will you? / •/ The hose was throwing too much water so I turned down the water a little bit. / 2. To refuse to accept; reject. •/ His request for a raise was turned down. / •/ If she offers to help, I’ll turn her down. / •/ Many boys courted Lynn, but she turned them all down. /

[turn for the worse]See: FOR THE WORSE.

[turn in] {v.} 1. or [hand in]To give to someone; deliver to someone. •/ I want you to turn in a good history paper. / •/ When the football season was over, we turned in our uniforms. / 2. To inform on; report. •/ She turned them in to the police for breaking the street light. / 3. To give in return for something. •/ They turned in their old money for new. / •/ We turned our car in on a new model. / Syn.: TRADE IN. 4. {informal} To go to bed. •/ We were tired, so we turned in about nine o’clock. / Contrast: TURN OUT(4).

[turn in one’s grave]or [turn over in one’s grave] {v. phr.} To be so grieved or angry that you would not rest quietly in your grave. •/ If your grandfather could see what you’re doing now, he would turn over in his grave. /

[turn loose]See: LET LOOSE(1a).

[turn off] {v.} 1. To stop by turning a knob or handle or by working a switch; to cause to be off. •/ He turned the water off. / •/ He turned off the light. / 2. To leave by turning right or left onto another way./ •/ Turn off the highway at exit 5. / •/ The car turned off on Bridge Street. / 3. {slang} To disgust, bore, or repel (someone) by being intellectually, emotionally, socially, or sexually unattractive. •/ I won’t date Linda Bell anymore — she just turns me off. / Contrast: TURN ON.

[turn of the century] {n. phr.} The time at the end of one century and the beginning of the next century; {especially} : The time when the 1800’s became the 1900’s; the early 1900’s. •/ Automobiles were strange things to see at the turn of the century. /

[turn on] {v.} 1. To start by turning a knob or handle or working a switch; cause to be on. •/ Jack turned on the water. / •/ Who turned the lights on? / 2. {informal} To put forth or succeed with as easily as turning on water. •/ She really turns on the charm when that new boy is around. / 3. To attack. •/ The lion tamer was afraid the lions would turn on him. / •/ After Joe fumbled the ball and lost the big game, his friends turned on him. / 4. {slang} The opposite of turning someone off; to become greatly interested in an idea, person, or undertaking; to arouse the senses pleasantly. •/ Mozart’s music always turns me on. / 5. Introducing someone to a new experience, or set of values. •/ Benjamin turned me on to transcendental meditation, and ever since I’ve been feeling great! / Contrast: TURN OFF.

[turn on a dime] {v. phr.} To be able to turn in a very narrow spot comparable to a small coin. •/ This new sports car can turn on a dime. /

[turn one around one’s little finger]See: TWIST ONE AROUND ONE’S LITTLE FINGER.

[turn one’s back on] {v. phr.} To refuse to help (someone in trouble or need.) •/ He turned his back on his own family when they needed help. / •/ The poorer nations are often not grateful for our help, but still we can not turn our back on them. / Compare: GO BACK ON(1).

[turn one’s hand to]See: PUT ONE’S HAND TO.

[turn one’s head] {v. phr.} , {informal} To make you lose your good judgment. •/ The first pretty girl he saw turned his head. / •/ Winning the class election turned his head. /

[turn one’s nose up at] {v. phr.} To scorn; snub; look down at somebody or something. •/ I don’t understand why Sue has to turn her nose up at everyone who didn’t go to an Ivy League college. /

[turn one’s stomach] {v. phr.} , {informal} To make you feel sick. •/ The smell of that cigar was enough to turn your stomach. / •/ The sight of blood turns my stomach. /

[turn on one’s heel] {v. phr.} To turn around suddenly. •/ When John saw Fred approaching him, he turned on his heel. / •/ When little Tommy’s big brother showed up, the bully turned on his heel. /

[turnout] {n.} The number of people in attendance at a gathering. •/ This is a terrific turnout for Tim’s poetry reading. /

[turn out] {v.} 1. To make leave or go away. •/ His father turned him out of the house. / •/ If you don’t behave, you will be turned out. / Compare: THROW OUT. 2. To turn inside out; empty. •/ He turned out his pockets looking for the money. / •/ Robbers turned out all the drawers in the house in a search for jewels. / 3. To make; produce. •/ The printing press turns out a thousand books an hour. / •/ Sally can turn out a cake in no time. / •/ Martin turns out a poem each week for the school paper. / 4. {informal} To get out of bed. •/ At camp the boys had to turn out early and go to bed early too. / Contrast: TURN IN(4). 5. {informal} To come or go out to see or do something. •/ Everybody turned out for the big parade. / •/ Many boys turned out for football practice. / Compare: FALL OUT. 6. To prove to be; be in the end; be found to be. •/ The noise turned out to be just the dog scratching at the door. / •/ Her guess turned out to be right. / •/ Everything turned out all right. / 7. To make (a light) go out. •/ Please turn out the lights. / Syn.: TURN OFF(1).

[turnover] {n.} 1. The proportion of expenditure and income realized in a business; the volume of traffic in a business. •/ Our turnover is so great that in two short years we tripled our original investment and are expanding at a great rate. / 2. Triangular baked pastry filled with some fruit. •/ John’s favorite dessert is apple turnovers. / 3. The number of employees coming and going in a company. •/ The boss is so strict in our office that the turnover in personnel is very large. /

[turn over] {v.} 1. To roll, tip, or turn from one side to the other; overturn; upset. •/ He’s going to turn over the page. / •/ The bike hit a rock and turned over. / 2, To think about carefully; to consider. •/ He turned the problem over in his mind for three days before he did anything about it. / 3. To give to someone for use or care. •/ I turned my library books over to the librarian. / •/ Mrs. Jackson brought her boy to the school and turned him over to the housefather. / •/ Bob turns over most of the money he earns to his mother. / 4. Of an engine or motor; to start. •/ The battery is dead and the motor won’t turn over. / 5a. To buy and then sell to customers. •/ The store turned over $5,000 worth of skiing equipment in January. / 5b. To be bought in large enough amounts; sell. •/ In a shoe store, shoes of medium width turn over quickly, because many people wear that size, but a pair of narrow shoes may not be sold for years. /

[turn over a new leaf] {v. phr.} To start afresh; to have a new beginning. •/ "Don’t be sad, Jane," Sue said. "A divorce is not the end of the world. Just turn over a new leaf and you will soon be happy again." / Compare: CLEAN SLATE.

[turn over in one’s grave]See: TURN IN ONE’S GRAVE.

[turn over in one’s mind] {v. phr.} To carefully consider. •/ I will have to turn it over in my mind whether to accept the new job offer from Japan. /

[turn tail] {v. phr.} , {informal} To run away from trouble or danger. •/ When the bully saw my big brother, he turned tail and ran. /

[turn the clock back] {v. phr.} To return to an earlier period. •/ Mother wished she could turn the clock back to the days before the children grew up and left home. / •/ Will repealing the minimum wage for workers under age eighteen turn the clock back to the abuses of the last century? /

[turn the other cheek] {v. phr.} To let someone do something to you and not to do it in return; not hit back when hit; be patient when injured or insulted by someone; not try to get even. •/ Joe turned the other cheek when he was hit with a snowball. /

[turn the scales] {v. phr.} To affect the balance in favor of one party or group against the other. •/ It could well be that the speech he made turned the scales in their favor. /

[turn the tables] {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. /

[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.

[turn the trick] {v. phr.} , {informal} To bring about the result you want; succeed in what you plan to do. •/ Jerry wanted to win both the swimming and diving contests, but he couldn’t quite turn the trick. / Compare: DO THE TRICK.

[turn thumbs down] {v. phr.} To disapprove or reject; say no. — Usually used with "on". •/ The company turned thumbs down on Mr. Smith’s sales plan. / •/ The men turned thumbs down on a strike at that time. /

[turn to] {v.} To begin working with much energy. •/ All the boys turned to and cleaned the cabin in a few minutes. / •/ Mary turned to and studied for the test. / Syn.: FALL TO.

[turn turtle] {v. phr.} To turn upside down. •/ The car skidded on the ice and turned turtle. /

[turn up] {v.} 1. To find; discover. •/ The police searched the house hoping to turn up more clues. / 2. To appear or be found suddenly or unexpectedly. •/ The missing boy turned up an hour later. / •/ A man without training works at whatever jobs turn up. / Compare: SHOW UP(3).

[turn up one’s nose at] {v. phr.} To refuse as not being good enough for you. •/ He thinks he should only get steak, and he turns up his nose at hamburger. /

[turn up one’s toes] {v. phr.} , {slang} To die. •/ One morning the children found that their pet mouse had turned up his toes, so they had a funeral for him. / Compare: PUSH UP THE DAISIES.