"worm turns" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1875, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 12, in Eight Cousins:",
          "text": "\"The poor old Worm turns as if she was treading on him instead of cuddling him like a pussy cat.\"",
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          "ref": "1914, E. Phillips Oppenheim, chapter 22, in The Vanished Messenger:",
          "text": "\"I've waited on you hand and foot, done dirty work for you, put up with your ill-humours and your tyranny, and never grumbled. But there is a limit! You've made a poor sort of creature of me, but even the worm turns, you know.\"",
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          "ref": "1982 December 11, Frances Russell, “Economic performance buoys Pawley’s position”, in The Vancouver Sun (The Weekend Sun), Vancouver, BC, page A6:",
          "text": "However, the evidence to date in the new session indicates the worm may have turned. The government has become more seasoned and confident of its political skills.",
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          "text": "\"New Jersey used to be the armpit of the universe,\" Mr. Rockland said. \"Well, the worm turns. And I think anything that's down so long eventually is going come up.\"",
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          "english": "proverb",
          "word": "even a worm will turn"
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