Definition von turn-one im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- one good turn deserves another
- One act of kindness should be paid back by another act of kindness
- turn in one's grave
- to be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased
Beethoven is probably turning in his grave at the way that rock group mangled his Ninth Symphony.
- turn one on
- To excite (often sexually), to increase interest
John's a maid fetishist. Maid outfits really turn him on.
- turn one's back
- To cease paying attention to something
As soon as I turned my back, he started writing on the wall.
- turn one's back
- To forsake, to abandon; to ignore
He got off to a strong start, only to turn his back on the project two months later.
- turn up one's nose
- To make the gesture of raising one's nose, as a sign of scorn, contempt or disgust
'What do you mean? What's not like that?'.
- turn up one's nose
- To regard with contempt or scorn, especially in conjunction with the gesture of raising one's nose; to treat with contempt or scorn; to ignore or disregard in a contemptuous or scornful way
Lovely as he was, Satan could be cruelly offensive when he chose; and he always chose when the human race was brought to his attention. He always turned up his nose at it, and never had a kind word for it.
- turn up one's nose
- To refuse, especially with disgust, contempt or scorn, and especially in conjunction with the gesture of raising one's nose; to refuse with apparent disregard about offending the offerer
What I want to know is what he gets to eat there. A piece of dried fish now and then--what? That's coming down pretty low for a man who turned up his nose at my table d'hote!.
- one good turn deserves another
- (Atasözü) If someone helps you it is fair to help them in return
One good turn deserves another so we made a great effort to help those people who had helped us in the past.
- turn in one's grave
- (deyim) Fig. to show enormous disfavor for something that has happened after one's death
1. If our late father heard you say that, he'd turn over in his grave.
2. Please don't change the place around too much when I'm dead. I do not wish to be rolling in my grave all the time.
- turn one's nose up
- (deyim) If someone turns their nose up at something, they reject it or look down on it because they don't think it is good enough for them
- turn over in one's grave
- (deyim) Fig. to show enormous disfavor for something that has happened after one's death
1. If our late father heard you say that, he'd turn over in his grave.
2. Please don't change the place around too much when I'm dead. I do not wish to be rolling in my grave all the time.
- one ill turn asks another
- one crime begets another, one wrong deed causes a second
- to turn one's back
- walk away from one who needs one's help
- turn in one's passport
- give one's passport to the police
- turn one's back
- left him, ceased to participate with him
- turn one's coat
- betray, change one's opinion, make a reversal in one's stance
- turn one's head
- rotate one's head; confuse, whirl one's head around
- turn one's thought
- begin thinking about -, change one's thoughts to -
- turn to one's heels
- retrace one's steps, go back the way one came
- turn up one's toes to the daisies
- die, pass away (Slang)
