on a whim

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

(idiomatic) Without thinking seriously about the consequences.
- 2022 December 16, Dan Milmo, Rowena Mason, Alex Hern, “Twitter’s suspension of journalists sets ‘dangerous precedent’, UN warns”, in The Guardian‎:
  Germany’s government said press freedom must not be switched “on and off on a whim” and Downing Street also raised concerns over the suspensions.

Synonyms

on a lark

Translations

without thinking seriously about the consequences

Chinese:
Mandarin: 心血來潮／心血来潮 (zh) (xīnxuèláicháo)
Dutch: in een opwelling
Finnish: hetken mielijohteesta
French: sur un coup de tête (fr), à l’emporte-pièce (fr)
German: aus einer Laune heraus
Italian: alla leggera
Polish: dla kaprysu
Portuguese: num repente

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