APAD: Even at the turning of the tide

Meaning:

   The `turning of the tide' is literally the change of the tide from incoming

   to outgoing, or vice-versa. Normally the phrase is used to denote some change

   from a previously stable course of events.

 

Background:

   From Shakespeare's Henry V, 1598.

 

   Hostess:

       Nay, sure, he's not in hell: he's in Arthur's bosom, if ever man went to

       Arthur's bosom. A' made a finer end and went away an it had been any

       christom child; a' parted even just between twelve and one, even at the

       turning o' the tide: for after I saw him fumble with the sheets and play

       with flowers and smile upon his fingers' ends, I knew there was but one

       way; for his nose was as sharp as a pen, and a' babbled of green fields.

 

- www.phrases.org.uk [edited]

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To many, the late 1970s marked one turning of the tide in mainland China. In a

few short years, people thought less class-struggle and more profit. In the

village, each family was allotted a plot of land to till and from which they got

to keep a share of the harvest. In town, vendors started to stud the streets in

front of state- and collective-owned stores and restaurants. Into the 80's, some

even quit government jobs for business, called literally "going to sea." One's

own effort smacked of the single sculling oar at the stern of a sampan, riding

the ebbs and flows of the times.

Nice writting 7G! haha, those "blackCat whiteCat" years

which I escaped byHidding inBooks ;-))

btw, we doNeed 2 check TideTurningTime when takeCanoeOut ;)

Thanks! I did the same back then and was called 书呆子:-))

I'd bet. Even crabbing is better when the tide comes in:))

哈哈哈，I believe all of us in APAD were “bookworms" then,

& maybe still r now ;-))

I'm not complaining. It ain't so bad a life at all :-)

He was among those who jumped to sea, to be in the tide&ride

and he caught it and the rest is history.

also "ride the tide/wave " of/out 4 those whoLearnedHow ;-))

saddle point's also a turning point, concave vs convex

You must be good at timing the market :-)