・The tide turned to [against] him. 形勢が彼に有利[不利]になってきた.

4 盛衰, 栄枯 (rise and fall).

・the full tide of pleasure 快楽[歓楽]の絶頂.

・the high [ebb] tide of fortune 好運の絶頂[運勢の下り坂].

5 [通例複合語の第 2 構成素として]

a 《古》 時, 季節 (time, season).

・⇒noontide, springtide.

・Time and tide wait for no man. 《諺》 歳月人を待たず.

b (宗教上の)節, 祭.

・Christmastide, Eastertide, holytide, Shrovetide, Whitsuntide, yuletide.

c 《北英方言》 休日 (holiday).

6 《古》 好機, 潮時, ころあい (opportunity).

・take fortune at the tide＝take the tide at the flood 好機に乗じる.