2the pendulumCHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTused to talk about the tendency of ideas, beliefs etc to change regularly to the opposite 〔主张、信念等的〕摇摆不定
After several years of Republican government, the pendulum will undoubtedly swing back and voters will elect a Democrat.
由共和党执政数年后,选民无疑会掉过头来,选出一位民主党人。
the pendulum of
the pendulum of fashion
时尚的钟摆
Examples from the Corpus
the pendulum• Highly paid banking jobs were seen as very desirable in the 1980s, but the pendulum is swinging the other way now.• Today, the fashion pendulum is swinging back to casualclothes.