Significato: air stream

corrente d'aria

strea Idioma

a losing streak

losing several times in succession The Leafs are on a losing streak. They've lost seven games!

a lucky streak

winning several times in succession Whenever I wear this ring, I have a lucky streak. I win every game!

change horses in mid stream

change plans/methods after you have begun a competition or business We're in the furniture business, not clothing. We can't change horses in mid stream.

change horses in midstream

make new plans or choose a new leader in the middle of an important activity They have decided to change lawyers but I told them that they shouldn

losing streak

losing game after game, losing a series of games The Jays are on a losing streak. They've lost four games straight.

lucky streak

a series of lucky wins, string of good luck He lost the bet on the sixth race, and his lucky streak ended.

mainstream

common, familiar, of the majority Smoking isn't as common now. It isn't a mainstream activity.

mean streak

being unkind at times, having cruel traits Kurt has a mean streak in him. Did you see him kick his dog?

winning streak

winning game after game, make a clean sweep The Expos have won nine games - their longest winning streak.

yellow streak

cowardice in one

talk a blue streak

Idiom(s): talk a blue streak

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to talk very much and very rapidly. (Informal.)
• Billy didn't talk until he was six, and then he started talking a blue streak.
• I can't understand anything Bob says. He talks a blue streak, and I can't follow his thinking.

change horses in the middle of the stream

Idiom(s): change horses in the middle of the stream

Theme: CHANGE

to make major changes in an activity that has already begun; to choose someone or something else after it is too late.
• I'm already baking a cherry pie. I can't bake an apple pie. It's too late to change horses in the middle of the stream.
• The house is half-built. It's too late to hire a different architect. You can't change horses in the middle of the stream.

Don't change horses in mid-stream.

Plans must not be altered at the wrong time.

change horses in midstream|change|change horses in

v. phr. To make new plans or choose a new leader in the middle of an important activity. When a new President is to be elected during a war, the people may decide not to change horses in the middle of a stream.

talk a blue streak|blue|blue streak|streak|talk

v. phr., informal To talk on and on, usually very fast. Sue is a nice girl but after one drink she talks a blue streak and won't stop.

winning streak|streak|winning

n. A series of several wins one after the other. The team extended their winning streak to ten.

blue streak

blue streak
talk a blue streak
to talk much and rapidly

change horses in midstream, don't

change horses in midstream, don't
Also, don't swap horses in midstream. It's unwise to alter methods or choose new leaders during a crisis, as in I don't hold with getting a new manager right now—let's not swap horses in midstream. This expression was popularized (although not originated) by Abraham Lincoln in a speech in 1864 when he discovered that the National Union League was supporting him for a second term as President.

don't change horses at midstream

don't change horses at midstream
see change horses in midstream, don't.