Verb 

turn (the) tables (third-person singular simple present turns the tables, present participle turning the tables, simple past and past participle turned the tables)

(idiomatic) To reverse a situation, so that the advantage has shifted to the party which was previously disadvantaged.  quotations ▼  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/turn_the_tables   

Burl Ives - The Doughnut Song

Well, I walked round the corner
and I walked round the block,
and I walked right into a bakery shop.

I picked up a doughnut
and I wiped off the grease,
and I handed the lady a five cent piece.

Well, she looked at the nickel
and she looked at me,
and she said "Hey mister, you can plainly see.

There's a hole in the nickel,
there's a hole right through."
Said I, "There's a hole in the doughnut too!
Thanks for the doughnut, good-bye!"  https://www.streetdirectory.com/lyricadvisor/song/ulwwp/the_doughnut_song/

A child need not be very clever to learn that ‘Later, dear” means “Never”.  Ogden Nash

The aerie in the sky with extra-large windows is on the 94th floor of the iconic supertall on Park Avenue that was designed by architect Rafael Viñoly and completed in 2015.  Located on Park Avenue between East 57th and 56th streets, 432 Park Avenue is a 96-six story luxury condo tower that is one of the tallest residential buildings in the Western Hemisphere.  “In the beginning in this building, the high floors above 90 or 91 were full-floor apartments,” said listing agent Carrie Chiang, of Corcoran.  “The developer decided that half-floor units were easier to sell, so they took five or six of the full-floor units off the market and reconfigured the square footage to make it 4,000 each, which is the same as downstairs.”  https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/condo-on-the-96th-floor-of-iconic-supertall-432-park-avenue-catches-views-across-new-york-city-d4d5dc6e?mod=hp_minor_pos28 

http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  Issue 2896  January 13, 2025