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Meaning of the wheel turns | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

Time moves forward; circumstances change; life continues.

Examples

“You have to accept that a new world pushes out the old. The wheel turns.”

“"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."”

“Sherlock Holmes: There's going to be a bomb on a passenger jet. British and American governments know about it, but rather than expose the source of their information, they're going to let it happen. The plane will blow up. Coventry all over again. The wheel turns, nothing is ever new.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

the wheels came off the wheels came off the wagon the wheels fell off the winner takes it all the wolf is at the door the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature