turn the scale

English

turn the scale

(idiomatic) To turn to one side a balanced situation.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 1
  Perhaps Charles Strickland's power and originality would scarcely have sufficed to turn the scale if the remarkable mythopoeic faculty of mankind had not brushed aside with impatience a story which disappointed all its craving for the extraordinary.

单词	turn the scale
释义	turn the scale English Verb turn the scale (idiomatic) To turn to one side a balanced situation. 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 1 Perhaps Charles Strickland's power and originality would scarcely have sufficed to turn the scale if the remarkable mythopoeic faculty of mankind had not brushed aside with impatience a story which disappointed all its craving for the extraordinary. Synonyms tip the scales Derived terms turn the scales at
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