Change horses in midstream proverb verb phrase
It can also be phrased as "don't change horses in midstream". This proverb advise us that we shouldn't change our course of action, plan, or leader in the middle of doing something.
Change a decision about something in the middle of doing it or about a leader during a time when serious problems and difficulties are being dealt with
Although he is not a good leader, we shouldn't change horses in midstream.
I'm about to buy this car, but I suddenly want to change horses in midstream and choose another one.
Don't change horses in midstream when the plan is well-prepared and we have no time to change our mind.
The verb "change" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The proverb is used in an 1864 speech by Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States.