turn the tables

turn the tables
(turn the tables (on или upon smb.))
одержать верх после поражения, взять реванш; поменяться ролями (с кем-л.); отплатить (кому-л.) той же монетой, бить противника его же оружием [этим. спорт. поменяться с соперником местами или досками]

We have talked of Joseph Sedley being as vain as a girl. Heaven help us! The girls have only to turn the tables, and say of one of their own sex, ‘She's as vain as a man’, and they will have perfect reason. (W. Thackeray, ‘Vanity Fair’, ch. II) — Мы уже говорили, что Джозеф Седли был тщеславен, как молодая девушка. Да Боже мой! Ведь девушкам только стоит перевернуть это сравнение и сказать об одной из себе подобных: "Она тщеславна, как мужчина!" - и они будут совершенно правы.

‘Essex had to act quickly and drastically’, Asquith said. ‘Don't get mad with him. He had to turn the tables on you to save himself.’ (J. Aldridge, ‘The Diplomat’, ch. 43) — - Эссекс был вынужден действовать быстро и решительно, - сказал Асквит. - Не злитесь на него. Чтобы спасти себя, ему ничего не оставалось, как только бить вас вашим же оружием.

Alma: "...The tables have turned, yes, the tables have turned with a vengeance! You've come around to my old way of thinking and I to yours..." (T. Williams, ‘Summer and Smoke’, sc. X) — Альма: "...Мы поменялись ролями. Поделом нам обеим! Вы пришли к моей точке зрения, я - к вашей..."


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • turn the tables on — (someone) to change a situation so that you now have an advantage over someone who previously had an advantage over you. She turned the tables on her rival with allegations of corruption …   New idioms dictionary

  • turn the tables — If circumstances change completely, giving an advantage to those who seemed to be losing, the tables are turned …   The small dictionary of idiomes

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  • turn the tables — ► turn the tables reverse a situation disadvantageous to oneself so that it becomes advantageous. Main Entry: ↑table …   English terms dictionary

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