“Take a leaf out of someone’s book”
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කෙනෙකුගේ යහපත් හැසිරීම හෝ සාර්ථක ප්රවේශය අනුකරණය කිරීමට.
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.”
මම ඇගේ සාර්ථක ප්රවේශය අනුකරණය කර ඉරිදා දිනවල මගේ සතිය සැලසුම් කිරීමට පටන් ගතිමි.
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.
මම ඇගේ සාර්ථක ප්රවේශය අනුකරණය කර ඉරිදා දිනවල මගේ සතිය සැලසුම් කිරීමට පටන් ගතිමි.
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 dictionaryනිතර අසන ප්රශ්න
- What does "Take a leaf out of someone’s book" mean?
- "Take a leaf out of someone’s book" means කෙනෙකුගේ යහපත් හැසිරීම හෝ සාර්ථක ප්රවේශය අනුකරණය කිරීමට.
- 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.