on a whim
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- (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[1]:
- 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.
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without thinking seriously about the consequences
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