The new manager brought a sea change to the office.
sea change
idiomA profound transformation; a metamorphosis.
Origin
From Act I, scene ii, of The Tempest (1610–1611) by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616), spelling modernized: “Full fathom five thy father lies, / Of his bones are coral made: / Those are pearls that were his eyes, / Nothing of him that doth fade, / But doth suffer a sea-change / Into something rich and strange”. The passage refers to how a drowned man’s body lying on the sea bed had been transformed by the sea.
After years of quiet resistance, the election brought a sea change in how the country saw itself.
The invention of the internet marked a sea change in human communication, dissolving borders between minds as oceans once had between lands.
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and change
And some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number.
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change collars
To change or shift one's career path.
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change hands
To become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold.
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change horses in midstream
To change one's plan or approach when an effort is already underway or at another inopportune time.
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change of clothes
A set of clothes in addition to those already worn.
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change of heart
A change of one's opinion, belief or decision.
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change of life
Menopause.
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change of pace
A shift from one activity to another