sweeping changes Idiom, Proverb

go through changes

be involved in changing circumstances She has been going through many changes since her divorce.

go through the changes

Idiom(s): go through the changes

Theme: TROUBLE

to experience a rough period in one's life. (Slang.)
• Sally's pretty upset. She's really going through the changes.
• Most teenagers spend their time going through the changes.

going through changes|changes|go|going

v. phr., slang, informal To be in trouble, to have difficulties, to be trapped in unfavorable circumstances. "What's the matter with Joe?" "He's going through changes."

ring the changes|change|changes|ring

v. phr. To say or do the same thing in different ways; repeat the same idea in many ways. David wanted a new bicycle and he kept ringing the changes on it all day until his parents got angry at him. A smart girl saves money on clothes by learning to ring the changes on a few dresses and clothes.

ring the changes

ring the changes
Keep varying how one performs an action or says something, as in She went on and on, ringing the changes on the joy of computers. This expression alludes to the art of change-ringing, where a series of church bells are rung in as many sequences, or changes, as possible. [Early 1600s]

sweeping changes

Extreme and extensive changes. Of advance the new administrator wants to accomplish across-the-board changes to our department. This isn't a time for across-the-board changes—we charge to balance the operation first.Learn more: change, sweeping

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