英语词组chop and change是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

chop and change

British & Australian to keep changing what you do or what you plan to do, often in a way that is confusing and annoying for other people.

After six months of chopping and changing, we've decided to go back to our old system.

idiomchop and change BrEBrEto keep changing your ideas or your way of doing things, especially in an annoying way or without any good result:In the old days you went into a job at sixteen and you stayed there for life - you didn't chop and change like they do nowadays.I got used to starting at the beginning and not stopping until I finished, but now we're always chopping and changing - it gets very confusing.

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.

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'.

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.

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.

词组	chop and change
释义	Idiom chop and change British & Australian to keep changing what you do or what you plan to do, often in a way that is confusing and annoying for other people. After six months of chopping and changing, we've decided to go back to our old system. idiomchop and change BrEBrEto keep changing your ideas or your way of doing things, especially in an annoying way or without any good result:In the old days you went into a job at sixteen and you stayed there for life - you didn't chop and change like they do nowadays.I got used to starting at the beginning and not stopping until I finished, but now we're always chopping and changing - it gets very confusing. 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. 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'. 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. 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.
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