2010年5月14日金曜日

形勢逆転を英語でなんと言うか?

turning the tablesといいます。the tables は常に複数形。She turned the tables on her rival with allegations of corruption.のような使い方になります。反転攻勢でもあります。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq1GOxONVns 1:51 and turned the tables on the tabloids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M4krxq6pz0 0:54“It's funny to have the tables turned… that watching her little by little, and now she asks me, ‘Hey taste this... is this okay? Does this need salt?’”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8I9DAbaYQQ 0:30 her latest project took turn the tables and collect from the collectors 彼女の最近の動きが状況を一変させ集金屋から逆に集金している
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDmzzREXI_g 2:07 dogs absolutely turned the tables. 犬は人類の歴史を変えた。

参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.com/2024/02/blog-post.html   キンドルを活用する
http://bridge-english.blogspot.com/2024/02/20240204shokz.html   shokz は便利

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a-6313 the tables have turned
a-6596 the tables have turned
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b-5238 the tables turned