to turn on one

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• turn in one's grave — (of a dead person) to be disturbed from one s rest by an occurrence that would have been particularly distressing to one s living self • • • Main Entry: ↑grave * * * I turn (also turn over) in one s grave used to express the opinion that… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 …   Dictionary of American idioms

• 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 …   Dictionary of American idioms

• turn (on one's) heel — turn sharply. → heel …   English new terms dictionary

• turn on one's heel — ► turn (on one s) heel turn sharply. Main Entry: ↑heel …   English terms dictionary

• turn to one's advantage — index capitalize (seize the chance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• turn up one's toes to the daisies — If someone has turned up their toes to the daisies, it means that the person died …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• turn in one's grave — ► turn in one s grave (of a dead person) be likely to have been angry or distressed about something had they been alive. Main Entry: ↑grave …   English terms dictionary

• turn up one's toes — ► turn up one s toes informal die. Main Entry: ↑toe …   English terms dictionary

• turn up one's nose at — (informal) To refuse or receive contemptuously • • • Main Entry: ↑nose * * * see nose …   Useful english dictionary

• turn around one's finger — phrasal or turn around one s little finger : to do what one likes with : manage easily …   Useful english dictionary