a new broom

new broom

A new manager (of a company or organization) who has been hired specifically to make changes and improvements. After two years of falling profits, a new broom was hired to make budget cuts and improve the corporate culture.

See also: broom, new

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a new broom

You can call someone a new broom when they have just started a new job in a senior position and are expected to make a lot of changes. We had a new, exceptionally young headmaster and he was a very active new broom. We need a new broom for the project to have credibility Note: You can use new-broom before a noun. If everyone is in the habit of arriving ten minutes late, a new-broom manager will have a struggle to change the habit. Note: You can also use the proverb a new broom sweeps clean. A new broom doesn't always sweep clean, it just brushes some of the worst dirt under the carpet for a while. Compare with make a clean sweep.

See also: broom, new

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

a new broom

a newly appointed person who is likely to make far-reaching changes.

This phrase comes from the proverb a new broom sweeps clean .

See also: broom, new

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

a new ˈbroom (sweeps clean)

(British English, saying) a person who has just started to work for an organization, a department, etc., especially in a senior job, and who is likely to make a lot of changes: The new managing director is clearly a new broom. He’s already got rid of ten members of staff and now he’s looking at our working methods.

See also: broom, new

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

new broom
hired gun
get up and go
get-up-and-go
loop in
looped
if you would be well served, serve yourself
up-and-comer
have sticky fingers
sticky fingers

References in periodicals archive

If my memory is correct, you wrote about new agents being like a new broom; they sweep clean.

New real estate agent wants work

A LOCAL hero who sweeps the streets of Marsden out of nothing but love has had his wish for a new broom answered!

Village hero Bill's got new brooms; SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN PROMPTS GENEROUS DONATION OF KIT

IT may appear a new broom has swept through the England dressing room but the selectors have merely added a couple of new bristles.

Hawkeye: Selectors get it badly wrong with Chapple inclusion

None of the wish-washy terms of the past, a new broom has swept clean, leaving a trail of gleaming new terminology behind it.

New broom still sweeps things under the carpet; With Birmingham City Council voters now "service users", Deborah Summers gets to grips with its new, yet somehow familiar, PC-speak

His son-in-law Simon Wright has appealed to members of the 'Marsden - a local place for local people' Facebook group to donate a new broom - and has been inundated with offers.

"Anyway he's after a new broom and insists on a wooden one.

Bill to prove a new brush sweeps clean

词组	a new broom
释义	a new broom new broom A new manager (of a company or organization) who has been hired specifically to make changes and improvements. After two years of falling profits, a new broom was hired to make budget cuts and improve the corporate culture. See also: broom, new Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. a new broom You can call someone a new broom when they have just started a new job in a senior position and are expected to make a lot of changes. We had a new, exceptionally young headmaster and he was a very active new broom. We need a new broom for the project to have credibility Note: You can use new-broom before a noun. If everyone is in the habit of arriving ten minutes late, a new-broom manager will have a struggle to change the habit. Note: You can also use the proverb a new broom sweeps clean. A new broom doesn't always sweep clean, it just brushes some of the worst dirt under the carpet for a while. Compare with make a clean sweep. See also: broom, new Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. a new broom a newly appointed person who is likely to make far-reaching changes. This phrase comes from the proverb a new broom sweeps clean . See also: broom, new Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary a new ˈbroom (sweeps clean) (British English, saying) a person who has just started to work for an organization, a department, etc., especially in a senior job, and who is likely to make a lot of changes: The new managing director is clearly a new broom. He’s already got rid of ten members of staff and now he’s looking at our working methods. See also: broom, new Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: new broom hired gun get up and go get-up-and-go loop in looped if you would be well served, serve yourself up-and-comer have sticky fingers sticky fingers References in periodicals archive If my memory is correct, you wrote about new agents being like a new broom; they sweep clean. New real estate agent wants work A LOCAL hero who sweeps the streets of Marsden out of nothing but love has had his wish for a new broom answered! Village hero Bill's got new brooms; SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN PROMPTS GENEROUS DONATION OF KIT IT may appear a new broom has swept through the England dressing room but the selectors have merely added a couple of new bristles. Hawkeye: Selectors get it badly wrong with Chapple inclusion None of the wish-washy terms of the past, a new broom has swept clean, leaving a trail of gleaming new terminology behind it. New broom still sweeps things under the carpet; With Birmingham City Council voters now "service users", Deborah Summers gets to grips with its new, yet somehow familiar, PC-speak His son-in-law Simon Wright has appealed to members of the 'Marsden - a local place for local people' Facebook group to donate a new broom - and has been inundated with offers. "Anyway he's after a new broom and insists on a wooden one. Bill to prove a new brush sweeps clean
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