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flip-flop on something
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to keep changing your opinion in a way that seems unprincipled
Mainly American. Also a noun: 'a flip-flop'. It sounds negative. 'Flip-flops' are also sandals.
In context
Voters are tired of a governor who flip-flops on taxes every few months.
She was criticised for flip-flopping on the new road project.
More idioms about politics
- a double standarda rule applied more strictly to one group than to another
- a grey areaa situation where the rules are unclear, so nobody is sure what is allowed
- a hidden agendaa secret reason or plan behind what someone says or does
- a hot potatoa difficult issue that people disagree about and nobody wants to deal with
- a lame ducka politician or government with little real power, often near the end of a term in office