turn+about
101turn feel like jelly — turn to/feel/like jelly phrase if your legs or another part of your body turn to jelly or feel like jelly, they suddenly feel very weak because you are nervous or frightened With legs slowly turning to jelly, I skied down the steep slope.… …
102turn|a|bout — «TURN uh BOWT», noun. 1. a change to an opposite position, view, or course; reversal: »The turnabout did not come out of a feeling of charity. It was purely a business proposition (Newsweek). 2. the act or an act of turning about, especially of… …
103Turn of the Screw — Turn of the Screw, The (1898) a ↑ghost story by Henry James about a woman who believes that evil dead people are influencing two children she is caring for …
104turn something topsy-turvy — turn (something) topsy turvy to completely change something, or to completely change. The steel industry is about to be turned topsy turvy by a technological revolution. My life has turned topsy turvy …
105turn topsy-turvy — turn (something) topsy turvy to completely change something, or to completely change. The steel industry is about to be turned topsy turvy by a technological revolution. My life has turned topsy turvy …
106turn in someone — turn in (someone) to take or report someone to the police or other authority. I would feel very nervous about turning in my neighbors to the police. He learned that the police were looking for him and turned himself in …
107turn in — (someone) to take or report someone to the police or other authority. I would feel very nervous about turning in my neighbors to the police. He learned that the police were looking for him and turned himself in …
108turn king's evidence — turn king s/queen s evidence if someone who has been accused of a crime turns king s evidence, they give information in a court of law about other people involved in the crime in order to have their own punishment reduced. She was given a lenient …
109turn queen's evidence — turn king s/queen s evidence if someone who has been accused of a crime turns king s evidence, they give information in a court of law about other people involved in the crime in order to have their own punishment reduced. She was given a lenient …
110turn in one's grave — ► turn in one s grave (of a dead person) be likely to have been angry or distressed about something had they been alive. Main Entry: ↑grave …
