how the turntables
- idiom
- Texting
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cómo cambian las cosas
- After years of being the underdog, he won the championship, saying, 'how the turntables.'
Examples
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The notorious prankster was finally pranked himself, prompting laughter and the phrase 'how the turntables!'
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During the debate, when her opponent stumbled, she smiled and whispered, 'how the turntables.'
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Oh, how the turntables when he became the boss!
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I never thought how the turntables would change after her promotion.
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After years of being the underdog, he won the championship, saying, 'how the turntables.'
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During the debate, when her opponent stumbled, she smiled and whispered, 'how the turntables.'
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The notorious prankster was finally pranked himself, prompting laughter and the phrase 'how the turntables!'
Synonyms
343
3.4
A sudden change in a situation or story
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3.9
To change a situation so you get the advantage over someone who had it before
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7.1
Completely change what people think about something
A sudden change that gives the other side the advantage
To change a situation completely and suddenly
Surface Forms
Morphology
how + the + turntables
This expression is a playful corruption of the idiom "the tables have turned," so its intended meaning (an ironic reversal) depends on recognizing that original idiom rather than composing the literal words. The literal constituents (especially "turntables," a concrete noun meaning a record player) do not transparently yield the idiomatic sense, so learners may get a partial clue if they know the source idiom but cannot reliably infer the meaning from the parts alone.
Etymology
How the turntables is a funny mix of the old saying 'how the tables have turned' and the word turntable (a record player). The image of a record turning makes it a playful way to say the situation is now the opposite of before.