a new broom sweeps clean

English

Proverb

a new broom sweeps clean

1. New management will often make radical changes.

Translations

new management will often make radical changes

Chinese: Mandarin: 新官上任三把火 (cmn) (xīn guān shàngrèn sān bǎ huǒ) Czech: nové koště dobře mete (cs) Danish: nye koste fejer bedst (da) Finnish: uusi luuta lakaisee hyvin German: neue Besen kehren gut (de)

Hungarian: új seprű jól seper (hu) Italian: scopa nuova scopa bene (it) Polish: nowy szef, nowe porządki (pl) Russian: новая метла по-новому метёт (ru) (novaja metla po-novomu metët) Spanish: Escoba nueva barre bien (es)

References

• Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 249.