Idiom
swap horses in midstream
Meaning
Alternative form of change horses in midstream.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It is dangerous to swap horses in midstream during a crisis.”
“We are already halfway through the project, so it is not the right time to swap horses in midstream.”
“Although the current leadership faced significant criticism, the board decided that to swap horses in midstream would only exacerbate the company's instability.”
Examples
simple
“It is dangerous to swap horses in midstream during a crisis.”
contextual
“We are already halfway through the project, so it is not the right time to swap horses in midstream.”
complex
“Although the current leadership faced significant criticism, the board decided that to swap horses in midstream would only exacerbate the company's instability.”
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