chop and change

To continually change one's course of action, to the confusion or irritation of others. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. When we chop and change this much, it frustrates our customers. We need to set a schedule and stick to it.

See also: and, change, chop

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

chop and change

BRITISH

COMMON If someone chops and changes, they keep changing their plans, often when it is not necessary. After chopping and changing for the first year, they have settled down to a stable system of management. All this chopping and changing serves no useful purpose. Note: This expression was originally used to refer to people buying and selling goods. To `chop' meant to trade or barter, and `change' came from `exchange'.

See also: and, change, chop

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

chop and change

change your opinions or behaviour repeatedly and abruptly, often for no good reason. British informal

Both chop and change originally had the sense of ‘barter’, ‘exchange’, or ‘buy and sell’, but as this sense of chop became dated the meaning of the whole expression shifted to its present one.

See also: and, change, chop

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

ˌchop and ˈchange

(British English, informal) change your plans, opinions or methods too often: I wish he’d make up his mind — I’m tired of all this chopping and changing.

See also: and, change, chop

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

a change of scenery
change of scenery
scenery
a change of scene
change of scene
change of scene, a
go through the change
do an about-face
evolve
change mind

词组	chop and change
释义	chop and change chop and change To continually change one's course of action, to the confusion or irritation of others. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. When we chop and change this much, it frustrates our customers. We need to set a schedule and stick to it. See also: and, change, chop Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. chop and change BRITISH COMMON If someone chops and changes, they keep changing their plans, often when it is not necessary. After chopping and changing for the first year, they have settled down to a stable system of management. All this chopping and changing serves no useful purpose. Note: This expression was originally used to refer to people buying and selling goods. To `chop' meant to trade or barter, and `change' came from `exchange'. See also: and, change, chop Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. chop and change change your opinions or behaviour repeatedly and abruptly, often for no good reason. British informal Both chop and change originally had the sense of ‘barter’, ‘exchange’, or ‘buy and sell’, but as this sense of chop became dated the meaning of the whole expression shifted to its present one. See also: and, change, chop Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary ˌchop and ˈchange (British English, informal) change your plans, opinions or methods too often: I wish he’d make up his mind — I’m tired of all this chopping and changing. See also: and, change, chop Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: a change of scenery change of scenery scenery a change of scene change of scene change of scene, a go through the change do an about-face evolve change mind
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