Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “turn something on its head” and its meaning is “to change the basis/nature of something (idea, fact, argument, etc.) completely”.
Example Sentence: With its stay-at-home orders and restrictions on movements, with rush hours slowed, pollution lowered and shopping habits turned on their head, the pandemic quickly earned itself a nickname: the great pause.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article I’ll cherish these moments’: how Covid has swelled the boomerang generation and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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