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41 turn the tables on (or upon) smb.
oдepжaть вepx нaд кeм-л. пocлe пopaжeния, взять peвaнш; пoмeнятьcя poлями c кeм-л.; oтплaтить кoму-л. тoй жe мoнeтoй, бить пpoтивникa eгo жe opужиeм [этим. спорт.. пoмeнятьcя c coпepникoм мecтaми или дocкaми]'Essex had to act quickly and drastically.' Asquith said, 'Don't get mad with him. He had to turn the tables on you to save himself (J. Aldridge). Once when John Maynard Keynes, the great British economist was rebuked for changing his mind on some issue, he turned the tables on his accuser with a sharp retort: 'Sir, when I learn new facts, I sometimes change my opinion. What do you do?' (Business Week International)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > turn the tables on (or upon) smb.
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