turn the scale | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Todecideordeterminea balanced situation.1919,W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 1”, inThe Moon and Sixpence,[New York, N.Y.]:Grosset & Dunlap Publishers[…],→OCLC:Perhaps Charles Strickland's power and originality would scarcely havesufficedtoturn the scaleif the remarkablemythopoeicfaculty of mankind had notbrushed asidewith impatience a story which disappointed all itscravingfor the extraordinary.

Examples:

EN: Listen, you must be precise. You see even 5 cms can turn the scale. Everything is questioned.
ES: Usted tiene que ser preciso, incluso cinco centímetros son importantes.
EN: ourselves to turn the scale in this direction or that, in a
HI: हम इस पाले में हो या उस पाले में,
EN: turn the scale in the nation's favor.
HI: देश के हित में जान झोंक दो।
TE: కులం పక్కన పెట్టి, రాష్ట్ర ప్రయోజనాల కోసం పొరాడండి.
EN: enough to turn the scale in favor of tbe
HI: वाट को hp में कैसे बदलें
HI: को खम्बे पर
EN: it would turn the scale.
TE: ఆ సీన్ కిక్కించే విధంగా ఉంటుంది.

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