To Turn Your Back On Something

Canada's Finest Leader Who Put The Country In Debt Turns His Back To The Queen

The terms looking back or turn your back on something are all metaphors we use in English every day. To turn your back on something is to go against something to say the least. It's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just an opposite feeling.

You can turn your back to people to act like in a snobbish sort of a way. The queen likes to do this from time to time to people. But this is more of a direct comparison than something metaphoric.

Let's look at a quick example of how people in America were turning their back on cities.

In the 1950s, a booming economy helped a large segment of the population increase their prosperity, allowing many Americans to purchase a new home and car. Aided by a series of government initiatives, like the Veterans Administration Home Loan Program and the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, a significant slice of the country was turning their back on cities and heading to the suburbs.

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I have also heard phrases like "This person turned on me", which is someone who is going against you. When you meet two-face individuals, they will turn on you as fast as you can say good-bye. That's the kind of society we live in. My cat can turns on me from time to time. But it's a cat, so expect this type of behaviour.  I suppose other similar phrases like to stab someone in the back are also synonymous with what were talking about here but in a very bad vindictive way.