APAD: change horses in midstream

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change horses in midstream

To change one's plan or approach when an effort is already underway or at another inopportune time.

Often used as a caution: "don't change horses in midstream".

  • 1975, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “You're a Big Girl Now”, in Blood on the Tracks:

    A change in the weather is known to be extreme / But what's the sense of changing horses in midstream ?