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a_new_broom_sweeps_clean

a new broom sweeps clean

English

Proverb

a new broom sweeps clean

New management will often make radical changes.

Related terms

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

Translations

new management will often make radical changes

Chinese:
Mandarin: 新官上任三把火 (zh) ‎(xīn guān shàngrèn sān bǎ huǒ)
Czech: nové koště dobře mete
Danish: nye koste fejer bedst
Finnish: uusi luuta lakaisee hyvin
German: neue Besen kehren gut (de)
Hungarian: új seprű jól seper (hu)
Italian: scopa nuova scopa bene

Malay:

Rumi: penyapu baru

Jawi: ڤڽاڤو بارو
Polish: nowy szef, nowe porządki
Portuguese: vassoura nova varre bem
Russian: но́вая метла́ по-но́вому метёт (ru) ‎(nóvaja metlá po-nóvomu metjót)
Spanish: escoba nueva barre bien

References

Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 249.