英语词汇the worm turns怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

the worm turns

idiom

used todescribewhen apersonorgroupofpeoplewho have beentreatedbadlyfor alongtimesuddenlybecomeforcefulandstopacceptingadifficultsituation:

兔子急了也咬人；人被逼急了也要反抗

Itseemsthewormhasturned- afteryearsofsilencelocalpeoplearebeginningtoprotestaboutwasteemissionsfrom thefactory.看来老实人被逼急了也要反抗——经过多年的沉默之后，当地的人们开始抗议那家工厂的废物排放了。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Reacting and responding

act onsomething
backlash
bat
batsomethingback
bite
bite back (atsomeone/something)
overreact
overreaction
pearl-clutching
play it by earidiom
press/pushsomeone'sbuttonsidiom
reaction
respond
sensitive
strike while the iron is hotidiom
supersensitivity
ticklish
ultra-sensitive
wake
wake up!idiom

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单词	the worm turns
释义	the worm turns idiom used todescribewhen apersonorgroupofpeoplewho have beentreatedbadlyfor alongtimesuddenlybecomeforcefulandstopacceptingadifficultsituation: 兔子急了也咬人；人被逼急了也要反抗 Itseemsthewormhasturned- afteryearsofsilencelocalpeoplearebeginningtoprotestaboutwasteemissionsfrom thefactory.看来老实人被逼急了也要反抗——经过多年的沉默之后，当地的人们开始抗议那家工厂的废物排放了。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Reacting and responding act onsomething backlash bat batsomethingback bite bite back (atsomeone/something) overreact overreaction pearl-clutching play it by earidiom press/pushsomeone'sbuttonsidiom reaction respond sensitive strike while the iron is hotidiom supersensitivity ticklish ultra-sensitive wake wake up!idiom See more results » (Definition ofthe worm turnsfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/worm-turns##
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