Spanish idioms
What does “Darle la vuelta a la tortilla” mean?
Darle la vuelta a la tortilla
Word for word
To flip the omelette over
What it really means
To reverse a situation that looked lost, or to twist the facts so you come out on top. In Spain a «tortilla» is a potato omelette, not the Mexican flatbread.
How we say it in English
To turn the tables
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