turn (one's) coat
turn (one's) coat
dated To change one's allegiance or affiliation (especially in politics) for personal gain or advantage. A good politician will espouse the most hard-line stance of his party's political ideologies, but a successful politician knows when to turn his coat.
See also: coat, turn
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- bow to (someone or something)
- bow before
- bow before (someone)
- bow down before (someone)
- a change in (one's) stripes
- get pinked
- get pinned for (something
- change (one's) stripes
- change one's stripes
- change one's stripes/spots, cannot