change horses in midstream
производить крупные перемены в неподходящий момент, "коней на переправе не меняют"
Jim has decided to change his coach before the match, but I told him he'd better not change horses in midstream.
Другие идиомы:
- change of heart
- wild horses could not drag (someone away)
- hold one's horses
- bet on the wrong horse
- get off one's high horse
- horse of a different color
- lock the barn door after the horse is gone
- horse sense
- look a gift horse in the mouth
- change of scenery
- put the cart before the horse
- change hands
- you can lead a horse to water (but you can't make it drink)
- straight from the horse's mouth
- change of pace