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a new broom sweeps clean en · X

Meanings

  1. (figuratively) New management will often make radical changes.

Forms

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new brooms sweep clean alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners

Relateds

clean sweep · one nail drives out another

Translations (18)

vi có mới nới cũ (new management will often make radical changes) · cs nové koště dobře mete (new management will often make radical changes) · it scopa nuova scopa bene (new management will often make radical changes) · es escoba nueva barre bien (new management will often make radical changes) · ca escombra nova escombra net (new management will often make radical changes) · ru но́вая метла́ по-но́вому метёт (new management will often make radical changes) · nl nieuwe bezems vegen schoon (new management will often make radical changes) · de neue Besen kehren gut (new management will often make radical changes) · ms ڤڽاڤو بارو (new management will often make radical changes) · hu új seprű jól seper (new management will often make radical changes) · pl nowy szef, nowe porządki (new management will often make radical changes) · fi uusi luuta lakaisee hyvin (new management will often make radical changes) · ms penyapu baru (new management will often make radical changes) · ca càntir nou fa l'aigua fresca (new management will often make radical changes) · cmn 新官上任三把火 (new management will often make radical changes) · nb nye koster feier best (new management will often make radical changes) · da nye koste fejer bedst (new management will often make radical changes) · pt vassoura nova varre bem (new management will often make radical changes)