whistle\ a\ different\ tune
- whistle\ a\ different\ tune
• sing a different tune
• whistle a different tune
• sing a new tune
v. phr. informal
To talk or act in the opposite way; contradict something said before.
Charles said that all smokers should be expelled from the team but he sang a different tune after the coach caught him smoking.
change one's tune, dance to another tune
laugh out of the other side of one's mouth
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань".
Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс.
1997.
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whistle a different tune — See: SING A DIFFERENT TUNE … Dictionary of American idioms
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sing a different tune — or[whistle a different tune] also[sing a new tune] {v. phr.}, {informal} To talk or act in the opposite way; contradict something said before. * /Charles said that all smokers should be expelled from the team but he sang a different tune after… … Dictionary of American idioms
sing a different tune — or[whistle a different tune] also[sing a new tune] {v. phr.}, {informal} To talk or act in the opposite way; contradict something said before. * /Charles said that all smokers should be expelled from the team but he sang a different tune after… … Dictionary of American idioms
sing\ a\ different\ tune — • sing a different tune • whistle a different tune • sing a new tune v. phr. informal To talk or act in the opposite way; contradict something said before. Charles said that all smokers should be expelled from the team but he sang a different… … Словарь американских идиом
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tune — See: CALL THE TUNE, CHANGE ONE S TUNE, IN TUNE, SING A DIFFERENT TUNE or WHISTLE A DIFFERENT TUNE also SING A NEW TUNE, TO THE TUNE OF … Dictionary of American idioms
