a new broom sweeps clean

proverb A new manager (of a company or organization) will be able to bring a fresh perspective and energy necessary to making beneficial changes and improvements. After two years of falling profits, the company needed to make big budget cuts and drastically improve its corporate culture, so a whole new upper management team was brought on board. A new broom sweeps clean, after all. A: "I'm hoping Jill will make some big changes to how things operate now that she's been promoted to General Manager." B: "She's already been talking about all the things she wants to improve, and a new broom sweeps clean."

New brooms sweep clean.

and A new broom sweeps clean.

Prov. Someone who is new in a particular job will do a very good job at first, to prove how competent he or she is. Jill: That new supervisor is awfully strict. Jane: New brooms sweep clean. The new teacher immediately flunked three of the laziest students. "A new broom sweeps clean," one of the students shrugged.

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A fresh leader or administration gets rid of the old and brings in new ideas and personnel. For example, Once he takes office, you can be sure the President will replace most of the people on the staff-a new broom sweeps clean . This term was already in John Heywood's 1546 proverb collection, was used figuratively by Shakespeare, and exists in many other languages as well.

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释义	a new broom sweeps clean a new broom sweeps clean proverb A new manager (of a company or organization) will be able to bring a fresh perspective and energy necessary to making beneficial changes and improvements. After two years of falling profits, the company needed to make big budget cuts and drastically improve its corporate culture, so a whole new upper management team was brought on board. A new broom sweeps clean, after all. A: "I'm hoping Jill will make some big changes to how things operate now that she's been promoted to General Manager." B: "She's already been talking about all the things she wants to improve, and a new broom sweeps clean." See also: broom, clean, new, sweep Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. New brooms sweep clean. and A new broom sweeps clean. Prov. Someone who is new in a particular job will do a very good job at first, to prove how competent he or she is. Jill: That new supervisor is awfully strict. Jane: New brooms sweep clean. The new teacher immediately flunked three of the laziest students. "A new broom sweeps clean," one of the students shrugged. See also: broom, clean, new, sweep McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. new broom sweeps clean, a A fresh leader or administration gets rid of the old and brings in new ideas and personnel. For example, Once he takes office, you can be sure the President will replace most of the people on the staff-a new broom sweeps clean . This term was already in John Heywood's 1546 proverb collection, was used figuratively by Shakespeare, and exists in many other languages as well. See also: broom, new, sweep The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: teach a man to fish it takes a village village an ounce of common sense is worth a pound of theory best-laid plans go astray, the the best-laid plans the best-laid plans go astray the best-laid plans of mice and men burnt a burnt child dreads the fire References in periodicals archive In fact, many reporters actually accepted the spin doctor's claim that this executive shake-up marks the end of the Somalia era for the Armed Forces: "A New Broom Sweeps Clean." Yadda, yadda. Somalia: the beat goes on
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