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MrPernickety Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Use of "the tide is turning"

Hi,

I heard the phrase "the tide is turning" in a context where it should obviously mean "things are finally beginning to look up". Does this phrase really mean that ?

Also, is this phrase used throughout ?

Thanks !
  

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Well, it means that the general direction of things is changing. It could be for the good or not. It is common.

— Mister Micawber

  • Well, it means that the general direction of things is changing.
  • It could be for the good or not.
  • It is common.
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Well, it means that the general direction of things is changing. It could be for the good or not. It is common.

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I notice that you are from Russia, a country with a turbulent history, which fits well with this term.

Under Kruschev, Brezhnev etc, Communism was the normal order of things and seemed permanent. When Gorbachev came to prominance, he moved away from the established way, but was not helped by the state because they wanted things to continue as they had been. Eventually, Gorbachev started
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