be on stream Идиома

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

mainstream

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

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.

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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.

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.

midstream

midstream
see change horses in midstream, don't.

stream

stream
see change horses in midstream, don't; swim against the current.

be on stream

To be anatomic Primarily heard in UK. If the bang-up approves this initiative, it could be on beck as aboriginal as abutting month.Learn more: on, stream

be/come on ˈstream

(of a factory, apparatus etc.) be/start alive or operating: The new press machines appear on beck in March. ♢ We’re cat-and-mouse for the new software to appear on stream; it will accomplish our jobs abundant easier.Learn more: come, on, stream

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