sing a different tune
verb1
Figuratively, Idiomatic, Informal To hold a different opinion or appreciation (about something); to possess a new, changed, or regenerated mindset, usually for the better.
- Miss Maudie said Miss Stephanie’d be singing a different tune if Tim Johnson was still coming up the street, that they’d find out soon enough, they’d send his head to Montgomery.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
- "[…] Wait until you've walked a mile in their snowshoes...literally. You might be singing a different tune by then."2016, Erica Vetsch, His Prairie Sweetheart:
- Related terms
- sing the same tune