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"ref": "1975, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “You're a Big Girl Now”, in Blood on the Tracks",
"text": "A change in the weather is known to be extreme / But what's the sense of changing horses in midstream?",
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"word": "change horses in mid-stream"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "陣前換帥, 臨敵易將"
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "阵前换帅"
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "临敌易将"
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"roman": "bàntú'érfèi",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "半途而废"
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "muuttaa mieltään kesken kaiken"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "muuttaa suunnitelmia kesken kaiken"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "changer de cheval au milieu du gué"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "mitten im Strom die Pferde wechseln"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "squadra che vince non si cambia"
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"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "mainīt zirgus upes vidū"
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"roman": "menjátʹ konéj na perepráve",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "меня́ть коне́й на перепра́ве"
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"roman": "xto kóni minjáje - tomú xomút huljáje",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "хто ко́ні міня́є - тому́ хому́т гуля́є"
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "міня́ти коне́й на перепра́ві"
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "陣前換帥, 臨敵易將"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "阵前换帅"
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "临敌易将"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "bàntú'érfèi",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "半途而废"
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "muuttaa mieltään kesken kaiken"
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "muuttaa suunnitelmia kesken kaiken"
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "changer de cheval au milieu du gué"
},
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "mitten im Strom die Pferde wechseln"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "squadra che vince non si cambia"
},
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "mainīt zirgus upes vidū"
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
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"word": "zmieniać plan w połowie"
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"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
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"word": "zmienić plan w połowie"
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"roman": "menjátʹ konéj na perepráve",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "меня́ть коне́й на перепра́ве"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xto kóni minjáje - tomú xomút huljáje",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "хто ко́ні міня́є - тому́ хому́т гуля́є"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "minjáty konéj na pereprávi",
"sense": "to change one's plan when an effort is already underway",
"word": "міня́ти коне́й на перепра́ві"
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"word": "change horses in midstream"
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