让人捧腹的英语文化陷阱~Turn the table 07.13
一位亲戚和妻子失和到了要离婚的地步。几天前接到亲戚电话，说他们在走进律师楼之前，先去求助于心理和婚姻问题专家。夫妇俩心平气和地坐下来谈了好多次，互相之间多了一份理解，少了一份猜疑、埋怨，结果化干戈为玉帛。说简单也简单，就这么拯救了这场婚姻。我打心眼里为他们高兴，把这一消息告诉了同样也认识他们的一位美国朋友。这位朋友挺激动的，连连说着“感谢上帝，感谢上帝”，她还补充了一句“He turned the table”。
这话让我心里很不舒服，她是指我亲戚动粗吗?我打抱不平说：“不会，不会，他很斯文，很有绅士风度，不会以粗鲁的举动压制对方，不会以高压让对方屈从。” 结果，越说谁也听不懂谁。看着我那一脸不快的表情，朋友突然茅塞顿开了，以另一种方法向我解释。终于让我明白，她是说我亲戚“扭转了局面”，那 “table”和我想到的“桌子”根本无关。
再说远一点， turn the tables (on someone)这个短语也和“桌子”没什么关系， 它的意思是to suddenly take a position of strength or advantage that was formerly held by someone else (反败为胜，转弱为强)。例如： “She played badly in the first set, but then she turned the tables on her opponent and won the match. ”
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