his health took a turn for the worse

at every turn — ( all the time) à tout moment; ( everywhere) partout

one good turn deserves another — Prov c'est un prêté pour un rendu

done to a turn Culin — cotto a puntino

to do a left turn Auto — girare a sinistra

a road full of twists and turns — una strada a zigzag or tutta a curve

at every turn fig — a ogni piè sospinto

things took a new turn fig — le cose hanno preso una nuova piega

to take a turn for the better — (situation, events) volgere al meglio, (patient, health) migliorare

to take a turn for the worse — (situation, events) volgere al peggio, (patient, health) peggiorare

he had a bad turn last night — la scorsa notte ha avuto una crisi or un peggioramento

the news gave me quite a turn fam — la notizia mi ha fatto prendere un bello spavento

to speak out of turn fig — parlare a sproposito

to turn one's back on sb (also) fig — voltare le spalle a qn

to turn the other cheek fig — porgere l'altra guancia

to turn the tables on sb fig — capovolgere la situazione a danno di qn

to have turned the corner fig — aver superato la fase critica

my head is turning fig — mi gira la testa

everything turns on his decision fig — tutto dipende dalla sua decisione

to turn and go back — girare or girarsi e tornare indietro

to turn left/right Auto — girare a sinistra/destra

I don't know which way to turn fig — non so dove sbattere la testa

(change) to turn into sth — trasformarsi in qc, cambiare in qc

dar o pegar un bajón — [persona, salud] to go downhill; [precios] to fall away sharply; [mercado] to slump

la Bolsa ha dado un bajón — the Stock Exchange index has dropped o fallen sharply

la Bolsa ha dado un bajón — the Stock Exchange index has dropped o fallen sharply

Ex: A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.

Ex: This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.

rispondere male — (in modo errato) to answer wrongly o incorrectly, (in modo sgarbato) to answer back

restare o rimanere male — (deluso) to be disappointed, (dispiaciuto) to be sorry, (offeso) to be hurt o offended

niente male quel ragazzo — that boy's not bad, that boy's a bit of alright fam

fare del male a qn — to harm o hurt sb

fare (del) male a qn — to hurt o harm sb

avere un brutto male — (euf : cancro) to have cancer

finire male — [ persona] to go to the bad; [ rapporto] to go sour

parlare male di qcn. — to badmouth sb., to speak evil o ill of sb.

la vedo male — fig. I don't like the look of it

essere mal visto — to be in bad odour BE o odor AE

non c'è nulla di male a fare — there is nothing wrong with o in doing

fare male — [braccio, schiena] to ache, to hurt; [ taglio] to smart, to sting

fare male a qcn. — [ persona] to hurt o injure sb.; fig. to hurt sb.

farsi male — to get hurt, to hurt o injure oneself

farsi male alla mano — to hurt o injure one's hand

brutto male — eufem. cancer

fare male alla salute — [fumo, alcol] to damage health, to be bad for one's health

portare male — to be unlucky; [ persona] to be a jinx

volere male a qcn. — (nutrire rancore) to bear ill will to sb.; (nutrire odio) to hate sb

andare a male — to go bad, to spoil, to go off BE

aversela o aversene a male to take something amiss, to get sore; mettere male to make o create mischief; non tutto il male vien per nuocere every cloud has a silver lining; non farebbe male a una mosca — he wouldn't hurt o harm a fly, he wouldn't say boo to a goose