about face イディオム
arse about face
back to front; something that is in a mess. or crooked eg."Look at the state of that shelf you just put up, it's all arse about face!"
About face
If someone changes their mind completely, this is an about face. It can be used when companies, governments, etc, change their position on an issue.
about face|face
n. A sudden change of course or a decision opposite to what was decided earlier.
Her decision to become an actress instead of a dentist was an about face from her original plans.about face, to do an
To about-face a accommodation or change one’s opinion. The appellation comes from the American aggressive command to about-face 180 degrees at attention, dating from the mid-nineteenth century, and by 1900 was actuality acclimated figuratively. A added contempo chatty acceptance is to do a 180, but it has not yet accomplished cliché status.