“Take a leaf out of someone’s book”
LearningDefinisi
Untuk meniru tingkah laku baik atau pendekatan yang berjaya oleh seseorang.
English: To copy someone’s good behavior or successful approach.
Contoh
Contoh-contoh
1 / 2“I took a leaf out of her book and began planning my week on Sundays.”
Saya meniru pendekatannya yang berjaya dan mula merancang minggu saya pada hari Ahad.
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.
Saya meniru pendekatannya yang berjaya dan mula merancang minggu saya pada hari Ahad.
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 dictionarySoalan Lazim
- What does "Take a leaf out of someone’s book" mean?
- "Take a leaf out of someone’s book" means untuk meniru tingkah laku baik atau pendekatan yang berjaya oleh seseorang.
- 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.