Meanings (ES + gloss)
cambiar las tornas • dar la vuelta a la tortilla
To reverse a situation, so that the advantage has shifted to the party which was previously disadvantaged.
"The tables are turned, my red friend!" said the hunter, coolly. "It's your life, not mine, this time!"
Well, the tables are turned—the times are changed. A peaceful and unoffending man might have expected from a neighbour, now powerful in his turn, such protection when walking in th…
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