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how the turntables

how the turntables phrase: synonym of how the tables have turned.

Phrase

how the turntables

  1. (humorous) Synonym of how the tables have turned.
    • Michael Scott Paper Company to see Mr. David Wallace. I believe we’re expected. [David and Charles walk out of conference room] Well, well, well. How the turntables…2009 April 23, Charlie Grandy, “Broke”, in The Office, season 5, episode 25, spoken by Michael Scott (Steve Carell), via NBC
    • Seoul was one of my favorite new restaurants in 2019, and it’s one of my favorite takeout places during the great pandemic in 2020. Oh how the turntables — you get it.2020 May 13, Jean Le Beouf, “Takeout options abound from Seoul”, in Naples Daily News, page 2D
    Synonyms:
    how the tables have turned

Examples of how the turntables in a sentence

  • Many church leaders and laypeople (myself included) wrote him off for trying to re-create a church environment online … oh, how the turntables, though.2021, Benjamin Kirby, “Six Flags over Jesus: Where Does Production Value Stop and Vanity Start?”, in PreachersNSneakers: Authenticity in an...
  • “Wasn’t Adam a dick until, like, twelve seconds ago?” “How the turntables,” Adam murmured.2021, Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis, Berkley, →ISBN, page 337:
  • To paraphrase Michael Scott from “The Office” … how the turntables.2021 March 21, Phil Friend, “NCAA tournament bets, predictions in Sunday’s second-round games”, in Lansing State Journal, volume 166...

Synonyms of how the turntables

Origin of how the turntables

From the episode “Broke” of the American mockumentary sitcom television series The Office, which aired on 23 April 2009; see quotation.

Questions about how the turntables

What does how the turntables mean?
How the turntables means synonym of how the tables have turned.
How do you use how the turntables in a sentence?
Many church leaders and laypeople (myself included) wrote him off for trying to re-create a church environment online … oh, how the turntables, though.
What part of speech is how the turntables?
How the turntables is a phrase.

Words near how the turntables in the dictionary

  1. how the mighty have fallen
  2. how the other half live
  3. how the other half lives
  4. how the sausage gets made
  5. how the sausage is made
  6. how the turntables
  7. how the wind is blowing
  8. how to
  9. how very dare you
  10. how would I know
  11. how you doing

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