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turn on a proverbial dime

Japanese translation: 急変した

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English term or phrase:turn on a proverbial dime
Japanese translation:急変した
Entered by: kokuritsu

12:24 Feb 3, 2012
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English term or phrase: turn on a proverbial dime
The term "turn on a proverbial dime" sounds like an ideomatic expression.
I can't, however, find any appropriate Japanese for the term.
The expression appears in a sentence which talks about the Canadian
economy as follows:

"The ominous looking 2012 Q1 has instead turned on a proverbial dime into a rather tidy risk on trade. "

Your help is much appreciated.
kokuritsu
Local time: 00:01
急変した
Explanation:
この場合、「急変」という言葉が適切ではないでしょうか。
急変という言葉はどちらかと言うと悪い意味に使われる場合が多いので（容体が急変した、態度を急変させた、等）上記の原文には明るい見通しからいきなり不安定な状態に急激に変わった、ということで使えるのではないでしょうか。

ご参考にどうぞ。
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 00:01
Grading comment
Thanks to your help, I've translated the sentence into "・・・第1四半期の重苦しい見通しが一変して・・・." Also very many thanks for the reference given by Katalin san.
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Summary of answers provided
3急変した
Yasutomo Kanazawa
1おなじみの／予想通りの展開
cinefil
Summary of reference entries provided
turn on a dime
Katalin Horváth McClure

  

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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
急変した


Explanation:
この場合、「急変」という言葉が適切ではないでしょうか。
急変という言葉はどちらかと言うと悪い意味に使われる場合が多いので（容体が急変した、態度を急変させた、等）上記の原文には明るい見通しからいきなり不安定な状態に急激に変わった、ということで使えるのではないでしょうか。

ご参考にどうぞ。

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 00:01
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
Thanks to your help, I've translated the sentence into "・・・第1四半期の重苦しい見通しが一変して・・・." Also very many thanks for the reference given by Katalin san.
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1 day 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
おなじみの／予想通りの展開


Explanation:
a guess

cinefil
Japan
Local time: 00:01
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: turn on a dime

Reference information:
The idiom you are looking for is "turn on a dime".
They inserted "proverbial" to indicate that they are using this proverb (it is not really a proverb, though). It means a rapid change, a rapid turn of events.
I am not sure whether there is an equivalent Japanese idiom, but basically you need to find something that expresses sudden, rapid （瞬間的?) change.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/turn on a dime

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1384379

Katalin Horváth McClure
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
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