ちゃぶ台だい返がえし

noun

flipping a table over in anger; overturning a table in a fit of rage

Refers to the dramatic act of upending a low dining table (ちゃぶ台) in anger, often as a stereotypical gesture of a father's outburst in family settings. Also used figuratively for a sudden, forceful rejection or reset of a situation.

See also: ちゃぶ台

• 父ちちは怒おこってちゃぶ台だい返がえしをした。

  My father got angry and flipped the table over.

• 彼かれの一ひと言ことが会かい議ぎのちゃぶ台だい返がえしになった。

  His single remark turned the meeting on its head.