change tune Idiom, Proverb

carry a tune

sing well, sing in tune Ask June to lead the singing. She can carry a tune.

change your tune

change your attitude, change your mind If the price of a barrel of oil goes down, he'll change his tune.

dance to a different tune

talk or act differently (usually better) because things have changed He has begun dancing to a different tune now that he knows that his head salesman is thinking of quitting.

fine-tune

cause it to work very well, cause it to run smoothly Sandro fine-tuned my Peugeot. Now it purrs like a kitten.

in tune

believing the same, on the same wavelength He's in tune with our religious beliefs. He believes in God.

in tune (music)

at the correct pitch, not sharp or flat It was an excellent concert. Even the children sang in tune.

out of tune

not in agreement, not going well together They are out of tune with what the other members of the group think.

out of tune (music)

not at the correct pitch, not in tune The violins were out of tune, but I enjoyed the singing.

sing (whistle) a different tune

contradict something said before, talk or act in the opposite way Usually he doesn

to the tune of

to the amount or extent of The damage that he did to his car was to the tune of about $2000.

change (one's) tune

To change one's attitude, opinion, manner, or attitude on something, about in a way that is added absolute or agreeable. The acknowledgment of a ample tip absolutely afflicted the host's tune, so I anticipate he'll be able to acquisition us a table afterwards all. After I threatened him with no allowance, my son afflicted his tune and started accomplishing his chores.Learn more: change, tune

change someone's tune

to change the address of a person, usually from bad to good, or from abrupt to pleasant. The teller was best abhorrent until she abstruse that I'm a coffer director. Then she afflicted her tune. "I will advice change your tune by fining you $150," said the adjudicator to the abrupt defendant.Learn more: change, tune

change (one's) tune

To adapt one's access or attitude.Learn more: change, tune

change one's tune, to

To about-face one’s views, change one’s mind, about-face abandon in a controversy. The affinity is absolute old; John Gower wrote, ca. 1394, “Now schalt thou bake an added song,” and the absolute phrase, “change your tune,” appears in a carol about Robin Hood (one of the Child ballads) from about 1600. And a appearance in Samuel Beckett’s novel, The Unnameable (1953), says, “I accept my faults, but alteration my tune is not one of them.” Learn more: change

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