mend one's ways

mend (one's) ways

To start behaving in a different, usually preferable, way. After I got in yet another fight at school, the headmaster told me that I had to mend my ways or else I'd be expelled. No matter how old you are, there is still time to mend your ways.

mend one's ways

Improve one's behavior, as in Threatened with suspension, Jerry promised to mend his ways. This expression, transferring a repair of clothes to one of character, was first recorded in 1868, but 150 or so years earlier it had appeared as mend one's manners.

词组	mend one's ways
释义	mend one's ways mend (one's) ways To start behaving in a different, usually preferable, way. After I got in yet another fight at school, the headmaster told me that I had to mend my ways or else I'd be expelled. No matter how old you are, there is still time to mend your ways. See also: mend, way Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. mend one's ways Improve one's behavior, as in Threatened with suspension, Jerry promised to mend his ways. This expression, transferring a repair of clothes to one of character, was first recorded in 1868, but 150 or so years earlier it had appeared as mend one's manners. See also: mend, way The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: mend (one's) ways mend ways mend your ways change (one's) ways change your ways clean act up clean one’s act up clean up (one's) act clean up act clean up your act
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