turn the tables

Verb

 * 1)  To reverse a situation, so that the advantage has shifted to the party which was previously disadvantaged.

Usage notes

 * Often used in the passive voice: the tables are turned, or similar forms e.g. the tables are turning.
 * Often used with on. Turning the tables on a person means putting that formerly advantaged person at a disadvantage.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 扭轉局勢, ,
 * Dutch: de kansen keren
 * Finnish: kääntää tilanne päälaelleen, keikauttaa tilanne päälaelleen
 * French: la roue tourne,
 * German:, das Blatt wenden, die Rollen tauschen
 * Hungarian: fordul a kocka,
 * Icelandic: snúa á, snúa við taflinu, snúa vörn í sókn, komið annað hljóð í strokkinn
 * Italian: cambiare le carte in tavola
 * Japanese: 形勢逆転
 * Polish: odwracać sytuację, odwrócić sytuację
 * Portuguese: virar o jogo
 * Spanish: cambiar las tornas, dar la vuelta a la tortilla
 * Vietnamese: lật ngược thế cờ