Dictionary definition: A CHANGE is as good as a rest

A CHANGE is as good as a rest
1890 A. Conan doyle in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Feb. x. 198
Well, I gave my mind a thorough rest by plunging into a chemical analysis. One of our greatest statesmen has said that a change of work is the best rest. So it is.
1895 J. Thomas Randigal Rhymes 59
Change of work is as good as touchpipe [a short interval of rest].
1903 V. S. Lean Collectanea III. 439
Change of work is rest. (Manx.)
1951 M. Coles Now or Never ii.
On the principle that a change of work is a rest, we redecorated the bathroom. ‥We came to the conclusion that the saying is a fallacy.
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