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| English | Russian |
| turn coat | перекраситься (идеологически: He was a Democrat for 70 years, then quickly turned coat and huckstered you into voting for him. Баян) |
| turn coat | "переобуваться в воздухе" (Побеdа) |
| turn one's coat | перекраситься (dated) To change one's allegiance or affiliation (especially in politics) for personal gain or advantage: A good politician will espouse the most hard-line stance of his party's political ideologies, but a successful politician knows when to turn his coat.) |