turn turtle

龟缩瓮中捉鳖龟缩不前瓮中之鳖

turn turtle 的定义

  1. Capsize, turn upside down, as in When they collided, the car turned turtle. This expression alludes to the helplessness of a turtle turned on its back, where its shell can no longer protect it. [First half of 1800s]

turn turtle 近义词

v. 动词 verb

turn over

turn turtle 的近义词 4

更多turn turtle例句

  1. So far, all the players seemed to be willing to wait their turn.
  2. Third parties in turn quibbled with his accounts, and he was irritated, but not overly so.
  3. An ace comedic turn that, in lesser hands, would come off as one-note.
  4. Who do you turn to now when you have a decision to make, when you have one less person to provide validation or advice?
  5. In other words, Florida clerks were no longer allowed to turn gay couples away.
  6. Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
  7. He shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his care is to give the kine fodder.
  8. Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
  9. Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
  10. Acetone is derived from decomposition of diacetic acid, and this in turn from beta-oxybutyric acid by oxidation.