ring the changes
Introduce fresh variations
To ring the changes is to vary the way something is done or presented, cycling through available options: She rang the changes on her basic black dress with different scarves and jewelry.
The phrase comes from bell-ringing, where changes are the different sequences in which a set of bells can be rung.
The expression often implies making the most of limited resources through creative variation.
- mix and matchCombine varied elements freely
- mix it upFight or quarrel
- carillonTuned bronze bell instrument
- bells and whistlesSuperfluous attractive features
- variationChange from a norm
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