sing a different tune
Reverse your position
To sing a different tune is to change one's opinion, attitude, or behavior—usually after circumstances have forced a reassessment: He opposed the project at first, but once the profits came in he was singing a different tune.
The phrase often implies that the shift is self-serving or that events have humbled someone.
Also appears as *sing another tune* or *change one's tune*.
- change one's tuneAlter one's expressed opinion
- change of heartReversal of opinion
- have second thoughtsReconsider a prior decision
- divergeSeparate into directions
- come aroundChange one's position
reverse · eat one's words · eat crow · see the light · recant · pivot · reconsider · convert · turn over a new leaf · capitulation · switch sides · morph · backtrack · flip-flop · change one's mind · turn the tables · shift gears · open-mindedness
- music expressionsmusic to my ears, in tune, out of tune, play it by ear, strike a chord
sing a different tunestick to one's guns
Refuse to change position
stay the course · toe the line · hold one's ground · stand firm · dig in one's heels
sing a different tunepractice what one preaches
Behave consistently with stated beliefs
singing, singer, singers, songster, different, differ, differs, differed, differing