Sentences with phrase «to turn something on one's head»

I used those lessons and kind of turned them on its head and did a lot of things people said you couldn't do.

Modern technology took the way we used to communicate and completely turned it on its head.

Hybrid takes military tactics, literally turns them on their head, and forces you to cope with the bizarre outcome.

You've got to turn it on its head here.

The film takes the tried - and - true family road trip formula and not only turns it on its head, but gets it drunk and embarrassed.

Beyond their own neighborhoods, they spread into the system and turned it on its head for the better.

The novel keeps turning itself on its head with great intrigue of lies, duplicity and cheating... A perfect way to start off the new year with a terrific read.

Shinji Mikami took the established franchise of fixed - camera survival horror and zombies, and turned it on its head by making this mainline installment an over-the-shoulder action shooter.

He has worked with politicians, corporate leaders, policemen, and aristocrats, focusing on the role that art plays in society, often turning it on its head as heRead more

He has worked with politicians, corporate leaders, policemen, and aristocrats, focusing on the role that art plays in society, often turning it on its head as he delegates responsibility along the way.

«We're taking standards... from the declaration on human rights of the UN where marriage is defined as a relationship between men and women turning it on its head,» he told the Today programme.

Donna Karan took a classic silhouette and turned it on its head adding sheer panels and studded detailing to create this sculpting LBD.

Takes a clichéd - seeming premise and carefully proceeds to turn it on its head through logic, absurd humor and the consumption of vast quantities of cigarettes.

And then turns it on its head.

Though it started out as a more formulaic crime of the week - type drama, the series has evolved into something much more substantial over the years, and this season, creator Graham Yost has really turned it on its head.

But just when the industry finally seemed to settle into a comfortable relationship between traditional print publishing and self - and digital publishing, a whole new model has come along, turning it on its head once more.

with each of his new works, austrian artist erwin wurm reinvents the vocabulary of sculpture turning it on its head.

As the title suggests, the exhibition makes immediate reference to the age old social tensions between the North and South of the UK, tenderly turning them on their heads and instead choosing as its focus a celebration of togetherness, alignment and conversation.

At Francescana in the ancient city of Modena, Bottura takes traditional Italian dishes and turns them on their head with modern and innovative techniques.

I love the concept behind SpeedRunners — taking the popular «runner» genre and turning it on its head by putting you in full control of your character while competing against a group of others — and the game's slick style is the icing on the proverbial digital cake.

In December 2013, the U.S. Army launched the «Defy Expectations» recruitment campaign, in which, according to the campaign's press release, «the U.S. Army takes the audience's expectations about what the Army experience is like and turns it on its head in a surprising but realistic way.»

I'm really interested in how it not only shatters the myth that everyone becomes a deathbed convert, but completely turns it on its head.

The tight, frenetic combat takes some standard shooter ideas and literally turns them on their head, putting you in the pilot's seat in a way only possible with virtual reality.

His description of how his company is changing surgery prep and recovery might as well apply to what's happening with Canada's health - care system in general: «We're turning it on its head.»

This thinking takes the initial objection to college kids starting businesses — that they don't have many resources — and turns it on its head.

They've taken the notion of moonlighting and turned it on its head.

LEE had taken the old notions of capitalism and turned them on its head.

A tiny start - up in Boston is pioneering a revolution in the wastewater treatment industry that could turn it on its head: a forward - osmosis technology to purify the water used in fracking.

By Doug Stephens It seemed that just a year or two ago the retail world was bracing for technology to turn it on its head.

In his letter Paul resorted to the Corinthians» own language about the strong and the weak, turning it on its head, saying that those who presumed themselves strong in fact revealed themselves to be weak, reminding them that God chose the weak and the foolish to shame the strong and wise.

It takes the modern hero archetype and turns it on its head.

It can easily be debunked if you turn it on its head.

Dale Talde is known for taking classics and turning them on their heads — and not even Buffalo wings are safe.

Other will turn it on its head and start the «one - man team» jibe (as the media tried to imply) but when his form dipped we managed to keep winning and pretty much stopped that one in its tracks.

The reason we have been successful is because we took the unique things about the demographic we have, and the unique things about our school — like the different building configuration that could have been a detriment — and turned them on their heads to be positives that work in our favor.

I'm not quite sure if this embodies the Long Tail effect, perverts it or turns it on its head, but it's fascinating — as in so many other public spaces online AND off, most people are good actors, but a small number of bad ones can really ruin the party.

April 20 is a date where some people around the nation gather to smoke marijuana, but the teen members of the coalition decided to take the concept and turn it on its head.

«We took a very good progressive idea to build infrastructure, and we allowed class and race to turn it on its head.

If women had built the corporate world, we would turn it on its head;... our work day would be completely differently configured.»

The Internet is filled with creative pregnancy announcements, but you need to see how this Youtube family takes this trend and turns it on its head.

In fact, it's refreshing to take a classic pairing out of its traditional context and turn it on its head.

I am either going to have to embrace this, or turn it on its head.

The basic principle that operates in Shrek 2 is the same one that operated in Shrek: taking familiar aspects of the fairy tale genre, and turning them on their heads with plenty of humour.

«So far, season 7 has taken everything we thought we knew about the Gallaghers and turned it on its head.»