change horses in mid-stream

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change horses in mid-stream (third-person singular simple present changes horses in mid-stream, present participle changing horses in mid-stream, simple past and past participle changed horses in mid-stream)

  1. Alternative form of change horses in midstream
    • 2010, Hendrick C. Verton, In the Fire of the Eastern Front:
      “It is not good to change horses in mid-stream”, is what the famous American President Abraham Lincoln said.
    • 2011, Bob Wolff, Bob Wolff's Complete Guide to Sportscasting:
      Buoyed by that success, I was eager to disprove the myth that, “You can't change horses in mid-stream.”
    • 2012, Eugene G. Schulz, The Ghost in General Patton's Third Army, page 237:
      The excuse given by his Democrat Party was that the war was going on, and it was not wise to “change horses in mid-stream,” as the popular phrase was used during the months of electioneering before the votes were cast.