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Kätzchen · 10-11-2017, 09:33 PM

You can't stop this on a dime .... or ....You can't turn this on a dime ....or ... To turn on a dime

I just espied this catch-phrase, saying, idiom in another forum thread tonight. I've heard it used many times, in fact I've used it recently, while talking with ancillary service team members about the fact that it's not easy to get everybody on the same page in a short time frame. I caught myself using this saying that "you can't turn this thing on a dime...".

What it means is that you've got multiple parties of interest participating towards achieving goals within the context of an group setting. It takes time to coordinate efforts to accomplish and complete the transactional nature of any particular given goal.

To "turn on dime" means something is readily accomplished, when in reality it takes time.

10-11-2017, 09:33 PM	#1020
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: Involved with someone special in my hometown Join Date: May 2010 Location: In a small community Posts: 16,282 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,209 Thanked 33,642 Times in 10,733 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	You can't stop this on a dime .... or ....You can't turn this on a dime ....or ... To turn on a dime I just espied this catch-phrase, saying, idiom in another forum thread tonight. I've heard it used many times, in fact I've used it recently, while talking with ancillary service team members about the fact that it's not easy to get everybody on the same page in a short time frame. I caught myself using this saying that "you can't turn this thing on a dime...". What it means is that you've got multiple parties of interest participating towards achieving goals within the context of an group setting. It takes time to coordinate efforts to accomplish and complete the transactional nature of any particular given goal. To "turn on dime" means something is readily accomplished, when in reality it takes time.