a change is as good as a rest
UK sayingDefinition
› You can get as much good from changing the work you do as from having a rest.Change and changes
(Definition of a change is as good as a rest from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- adjustment noun (CHANGE)
- alteration noun
- blip noun
- changeover noun
- conversion noun (CHANGE)
- crossover noun
- flux noun (CHANGE)
- movement noun (CHANGE OPINION)
- movement noun (PROGRESS)
- perversion noun
- rearrangement noun
- regime change noun
- reversal noun
- reversion noun
- shift noun (CHANGE)
- transition noun
- turnabout noun
- turnaround noun (BIG CHANGE)
- variation noun (CHANGE)
- vicissitudes noun
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Change and changes
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