Meaning
Every time one turns around: An emphatic way of saying too often, or often enough to be annoying or aggravating.
This idiom is most often used to complain about some annoying or troublesome thing that tends to happen often, or seems to happen often.
Sentence Examples
“Every time I turn around, my car breaks down.”
“I should have never bought a truck. Now, every time I turn around someone asked me to help them move.”
“Every time he turns around he’s hit with another deadline.”
“Congress has a new Presidential scandal to deal with every time they turn around.”
Origin
Used since at least the early 1900’s.
More Idioms Starting with E
- Every Little Thing
- Even a Broken Clock Is Right Twice a Day
- Every Name in the Book, been called
- Egg On
- Egg On Your Face, to have
More Around Idioms
- Monkey Around
- Run Around
- Beat Around the Bush
- Running Around Like a Chicken With its Head Cut Off
- Nose Around
More Every Idioms
- Every Little Thing
- Every Name in the Book, been called
- Every Now and Then
- Every Nook and Cranny
- Each And Every One (Every Last One, Every Single One)
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