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tip the balance/scales. idiom (also tilt the balance) Add to word list. If something tips the balance or tips the scales, it is the thing that causes a particular situation to happen or a particular decision to be made, when other situations or decisions are possible:
tip/turn the scales, to. To change the balance slightly so as to favor one side. The idea was expressed as long ago as Aristotle’s Politics (ca. 340 b.c.), in which he wrote “The addition of the middle class turns the scale and prevents either of the extremes from being dominant” (Benjamin Jowett translation, ca. 1875).
Idiom: tip the scales / tip the balance. The deciding factor that causes something to happen or a decision to be made. Note: There is another idiom "tip the scales at" that has a different meaning. Check it out here.
The phrase “tip the scale” originates from weighing scales, which are used to measure weight. When an object is placed on one side of the scale, it creates an imbalance that can be corrected by adding weight to the other side.
Definition of Tipping the Scales in the Idioms Dictionary. Tipping the Scales phrase. What does Tipping the Scales expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary.
Idiom: Tip the scales at. The idiom "tip the scales at" means to be a particular weight. These examples will help you understand this idiom.
tip one's hand or less commonly tip one's mitt : to declare one's intentions or reveal one's opinions or resources the Justice Department wouldn't tip its hand by saying what its next move … would be — Newsweek
