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Examples:lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom); speak in a roundabout way—sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion—turning head of a screw, drill, lathe etc—turning as sharply as possible—lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them rain—nutation (plants turning face the sun)—crank handle for stopping or turning off machinery—(of a mountain road) twisting and turning—switch on (by turning a knob)—major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)—turning stroke (in Chinese characters)—battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific—winding road (twisting and turning like a sheep's intestine)—lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing—winding and turning [idiom.]—the wheel of life never stops turning [idiom.]—misfortune turns blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account— |