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the wheel turns

the wheel turns proverb: time moves forward; circumstances change; life continues.

Proverb

the wheel turns

  1. Time moves forward; circumstances change; life continues.
    • You have to accept that a new world pushes out the old. The wheel turns.2010, Laurent Fignon, We Were Young and Carefree: The Autobiography of Laurent Fignon (trans. by William Fotheringham), Yellow Jersey Press (2010; original French version published 2009), page 64
    • "I'm sorry, Paul. I know you went through hell with her nonsense, and I don't know how you put up with so much for Sammy, but the wheel turns, mate. Keep cool and let me know what you plan to do."2011, Angela Greg, Murder in the Lane, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 25

Questions about the wheel turns

What does the wheel turns mean?
The wheel turns means time moves forward; circumstances change; life continues.
What part of speech is the wheel turns?
The wheel turns is a proverb.

Words near the wheel turns in the dictionary

  1. the way
  2. the way that
  3. the way things are going
  4. the way to a man's heart is through his stomach
  5. the wheel has come full circle
  6. the wheel turns
  7. the wheels came off
  8. the wheels came off the bus
  9. the wheels came off the wagon
  10. the wheels fall off
  11. the wheels fell off

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