“Take a leaf out of someone’s book”
Learning意味
他人の良い行動や成功したやり方を真似ること。
English: To copy someone’s good behavior or successful approach.
例文
例文
1 / 2“I took a leaf out of her book and began planning my week on Sundays.”
私は彼女の成功したやり方を真似て、毎週日曜日に一週間の計画を立て始めた。
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
I took a leaf out of her book and began planning my week on Sundays.Compare with the original example
I took a leaf out of her book and began planning my week on Sundays.
私は彼女の成功したやり方を真似て、毎週日曜日に一週間の計画を立て始めた。
Write a two-line conversation using “Take a leaf out of someone’s book”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryよくある質問
- What does "Take a leaf out of someone’s book" mean?
- "Take a leaf out of someone’s book" means 他人の良い行動や成功したやり方を真似ること。.
- How do you use "Take a leaf out of someone’s book" in a sentence?
- Example: "I took a leaf out of her book and began planning my week on Sundays."
- Should I interpret "Take a leaf out of someone’s book" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.