Me entering the Place de la Revolution on 16 October 1793 was a head-turning event of history making proportions ... "
Marie Antoinette
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When we say something “turns heads,” it means that it captures people’s attention due to being exceptionally interesting, beautiful, unusual, or novel. Imagine people literally turning to stare at something as it passes by. For instance, a striking concept car at an auto show might turn heads and attract a lot of press.
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-Selena Gomez Makes a Head-Turning Cannes Entrance in Custom Oscar de la Renta
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turn heads
To capture people's attention due to being exceptionally interesting, beautiful, unusual, or novel. The image is of people literally turning to stare at something as it passes by.
The deliveryman always turned heads as he walked by the cubicles.
The new concept car is really turning heads at the auto show and attracting a lot of press.
See also: head, turn
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
turn heads
COMMON If someone or something turns heads, they are so beautiful, unusual, or impressive that people notice them and admire them. At the age of 20, the dark-haired actress was already turning heads in the right places. It's a handsome car that turns heads wherever it goes. Note: Journalists sometimes describe someone or something as head-turning, or refer to them as a head-turner. Gardams' designers have created a range of head-turning evening wear in their latest collection. The car is solid, fun to drive, quick off the blocks and a real head-turner.
See also: head, turn
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
turn heads attract a great deal of attention or interest.
See also: head, turn
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
See also:
fix (one) with a stare
grapeseed
be a hell of a (person or thing)
be one hell of a (person or thing)
gaze open-mouthed
be one heck of a (person or thing)
be a heck of a (person or thing)
be sorry for (oneself)
be/feel sorry for yourself
on high
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The Place de la Concorde is one of the major public squares in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 ha (19 acres) in area, it is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Elysees. It was the site of many notable public executions, including those of King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and Maximilien Robespierre in the course of the French Revolution, during which the square was temporarily renamed the Place de la Revolution ('Revolution Square'). It received its current name in 1795 as a gesture of reconciliation in the later years of the revolution.
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Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette (2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France prior to the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. She became dauphine of France in May 1770 at age 14 upon her marriage to Louis-Auguste, heir apparent to the French throne. On 10 May 1774, her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI and she became queen. As queen, Marie Antoinette became increasingly unpopular among the people; the French libellees accused her of being profligate, promiscuous, having illegitimate children, and harboring sympathies for France's perceived enemies, including her native Austria. She was falsely accused in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, but the accusations damaged her reputation further. During the French Revolution, she became known as Madame Deficit because the country's financial crisis was blamed on her lavish spending and her opposition to social and financial reforms proposed by Anne Robert Jacques Turgot and Jacques Necker. Several events were linked to Marie Antoinette during the Revolution after the government placed the royal family under house arrest in the Tuileries Palace in October 1789. The June 1791 attempted flight to Varennes and her role in the War of the First Coalition were immensely damaging to her image among French citizens. On 10 August 1792, the attack on the Tuileries forced the royal family to take refuge at the Assembly, and they were imprisoned in the Temple Prison on 13 August. On 21 September, the monarchy was abolished. Louis XVI was executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793. Marie Antoinette's trial began on 14 October; she was convicted two days later by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed, also by guillotine, at the Place de la Revolution.