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Examples:the Wheel turns constantly (idiom); Buddhist teaching will overcome everything—take turns (responsibility)—lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them rain—extreme joy turns sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!—the whole town turns out—spend money on sth that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous—many twists and turns a story—the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); have a lucky break—gap or interval of time (between turns)—every hope turns dust (idiom); completely disheartened—classifier for laps, turns, rounds—classifier for turns: revs—play-acting that turns inreality—fig. many twists and turns—so, actually, as it turns out—misfortune turns blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account—The wheel of fortune turns.—the pivots, at the top and bottom of a Chinese door, on which the door turns—pretense that turns inreality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true—classifier for turns in a game, discussion, or competition—extreme sorrow turns joy [idiom.]—lit. the salted fish turns over [idiom.]—(indicates that sth. turns out just the opposite of what one would expect or what would be normal)—colloquial classifier for number of times of movement from one place to another or number of turns, times, occasions.— |