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Change horses in the middle of the stream


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To make major changes in an activity that has already begun; to choose someone or something else after it is too late

Sample Usage

I'm already baking a cherry pie. I can't bake an apple pie. It's too late to
change horses in the middle of the stream.

The house is half-built. It's too late to hire a different architect. You can't change horses in the middle of the stream.


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