change horses in midstream

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Popularized by Abraham Lincoln.

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 陣前換帥, 臨敵易將 /阵前换帅 — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway
• Chinese Mandarin: 临敌易将 — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway
• Chinese Mandarin: 半途而废 (bàntú'érfèi) — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway
• Finnish: muuttaa mieltään kesken kaiken — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway
• Finnish: muuttaa suunnitelmia kesken kaiken — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway
• French: changer de cheval au milieu du gué — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway
• German: mitten im Strom die Pferde wechseln — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway
• Italian: squadra che vince non si cambia — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway
• Latvian: mainīt zirgus upes vidū — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway
• Polish: zmieniać plan w połowie — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway
• Polish: zmienić plan w połowie — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway
• Russian: меня́ть коне́й на перепра́ве (menjátʹ konéj na perepráve) — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway
• Ukrainian: хто ко́ні міня́є - тому́ хому́т гуля́є (xto kóni minjáje - tomú xomút huljáje) — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway
• Ukrainian: міня́ти коне́й на перепра́ві (minjáty konéj na pereprávi) — to change one's plan when an effort is already underway