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词组 the wheel has come/turned full circle
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idiomthe wheel has come/turned full circleused in order to say that something that has been going through a period of change has now come back to the state or situation it was in at the beginning:The wheel has come full circle since the expansion of the 60s; now universities are facing cuts in funding and pressure to be more businesslike.As I waved goodbye I was aware that the wheel had turned full circle - she was the first person I met when I joined the school, and the last person I saw as I left it.

the wheel has come full circle

The situation or circumstance has returned to its original or a similar state. After the banking sector brought on the economic collapse through lack of federal oversight, the wheel seems to have come full circle as politicians are beginning to call for deregulation of the industry once again.

the wheel has turned full circle

The situation or circumstance has returned to its original or a similar state. After the banking sector brought on the economic collapse through lack of federal oversight, the wheel seems to have turned full circle as politicians are beginning to call for deregulation of the industry once again.

the wheel has turned (or come) full circle

the situation has returned to what it was in the past, as if completing a cycle.
This phrase comes from Shakespeare 's King Lear: ‘The wheel is come full circle’. The wheel referred to is that which the goddess Fortune was said to turn as a symbol of random luck or change.

the ˌwheel has come/turned full ˈcircle

(saying) something that changed greatly has now returned to its original state or position: How long does it take for the wheel of fashion to come full circle?
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