new brush sweeps clean

new brush sweeps clean
New brush sweeps clean
'A new brush sweeps clean' means that someone with a new perspective can make great changes. However, the full version is 'a new brush sweeps clean, but an old brush knows the corners', which warns that experience is also a valuable thing. Sometimes 'broom' is used instead of 'brush'.

The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.

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  • new brush sweeps clean —     A new brush sweeps clean means that someone with a new perspective can make great changes. However, the full version is a new brush sweeps clean, but an old brush knows the corners , which warns that experience is also a valuable thing.… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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