Twenty Idioms for New Beginnings

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January always feels like the perfect time of year to make some lifestyle changes – last week we even looked at five New Year’s resolutions to help you improve your spelling. Here are twenty idioms for new beginnings:

a change is as good as a rest – a change of occupation can be as relaxing as a break.
at the crossroads – at the point where you must make the choice between two courses of action with diverging consequences.
early bird catches the worm – the person who takes the earliest opportunity to do something will have an advantage over other people.
a breath of fresh air – a refreshing or invigorating change.
new blood – new members of a group (who usually bring with them fresh ideas about how the group might run).
nothing ventured, nothing gained – without taking risks, you can’t expect to achieve.
to blaze a trail – to innovate in a particular field and thus lead the way for others.
to blow away the cobwebs – to refresh yourself from a state of sluggishness.
to break new ground – to do something innovative in a particular field.
a new lease of life – an occasion or circumstance that leads you to becoming more energetic than you were previously.
to go back to square one – to acknowledge that an idea has been unsuccessful and that you will need to come up with a new one (see to go back to the drawing board).
to go back to the drawing board – to acknowledge that an idea has been unsuccessful and that you will need to come up with a new one (see to go back to square one).
to make a clean breast of it – to admit to your mistakes.
to make headway – to make progress.
to move mountains – to go out of your way and to great efforts to achieve something that seems impossible.
to pave way for – to develop a situation or circumstance that enables something to happen.
to quit cold turkey – to abruptly and completely give something up (i.e. drugs, alcohol, caffeine).
to shake things up – to make significant changes to an already established system.
to start with a clean slate – to put your (usually negative) past behind you and start over.
to turn over a new leaf – to begin to behave in a more responsible manner.

If you’ve found this post useful, why not check out our other articles on idioms?

Sixty Clothing Idioms – Part One and Part Two
Thirty Colourful Idioms
Thirty Scary Idioms for Halloween
Twenty Five Idioms about Time
Thirty Five Idioms about Money
Fifty Idioms about the Human Body – Part One and Part Two
Thirty Idioms about Food
Fifty Animal Idioms and What They Mean
Fifty Atmosphere and Weather Idioms and What They Mean – Part One and Part Two
Thirty Sports Idioms to Help You Through the Summer
Two Idioms That Originate in America

We’d love to hear about your 2015 spelling goals – whether you’re setting them as an individual, family, or school. Let us know how you’re getting on in the comments, or on Facebook or Twitter. Don’t forget to use #Spellzone2015.

12 Jan 2015
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