“Take a leaf out of someone’s book”
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Хэн нэгний сайн зан байдал эсвэл амжилттай хандлагыг хуулбарлах.
English: To copy someone’s good behavior or successful approach.
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1 / 2“I took a leaf out of her book and began planning my week on Sundays.”
Би түүний амжилттай аргыг дуурайж, ням гарагт хийх ажлынхаа төлөвлөгөөг гаргаж эхэлсэн.
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.
Би түүний амжилттай аргыг дуурайж, ням гарагт хийх ажлынхаа төлөвлөгөөг гаргаж эхэлсэн.
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?
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- What does "Take a leaf out of someone’s book" mean?
- "Take a leaf out of someone’s book" means хэн нэгний сайн зан байдал эсвэл амжилттай хандлагыг хуулбарлах.
- 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.