Idioms about Change

We are waiting the New Year to make positive changes in our life.

And here are 8 idioms about change for you to learn and use.

Don’t swap/change horses in midstream

To make major changes to a situation or course of action that is already underway.

Перевод: коней на переправе не меняют.

Пример: We're about to close on the house, and my husband suddenly wants to change horses in midstream and look at another property!

A change is as good as a rest

A change of work or occupation can be as restorative or refreshing as a period of relaxation.

Перевод: изменение так же хорошо, как отдых.

Сравните: смена работы - лучший отдых.

Пример: I'm hoping that starting on this new career path will help me to find joy in my work again—after all, a change is as good as a rest.

Variety is the spice of life

New and exciting experiences make life more interesting.

Перевод: перемены придают остроту жизни.

Пример: The three women believe that variety is the spice of life and they are always traveling to new places and trying new things.

The shoe is on the other foot

The roles (of two or more people) have been reversed, especially roles that were the opposite of each other.

Перевод: положение изменилось; обстоятельства изменились.

Пример: I can see that you don't like being told what to do, but now the shoe is on the other foot!

Times change, and we with time

As time passes, people and situations change.

Перевод: времена меняются, и мы меняемся вместе с ними.

Пример: Linda was such a conservative when we were in school; I don't understand how she can be so liberal now. - Times change and we with time.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire / out of the frying pan into the fire

It is used to describe the situation of moving or getting from a bad or difficult situation to a worse one, often as the result of trying escape from the bad or difficult one.

Перевод: из огня да в полымя.

Пример: My friend jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire. He changed jobs and had more problems in his new job than in his old one.

You can’t unscramble eggs Some processes are irreversible.

Перевод: что с возу упало, то пропало.

Пример: What's done is done, you can’t unscramble eggs.

Don’t change the rules in the middle of the game

It is wrong or unfair to change the rules, terms, or conditions relating to something once it is in progress, or after people have become involved in it.

Перевод: в процессе игры правила не меняют.

Пример: It is an unwritten law of business that you don’t change the rules in the middle of the game, which is precisely what our customers have done by reducing the tolerances on their specifications.