turn with every wind

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the action of a weather vane.

Verb[edit]

turn with every wind (third-person singular simple present turns with every wind, present participle turning with every wind, simple past and past participle turned with every wind)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn,‎ with,‎ every,‎ wind.
  2. (derogatory) To be inconstant, to go along uncritically or opportunistically with fashionable opinion.