“Take a leaf out of someone’s book”
Learning定義
模仿他人的良好行為或成功方法。
English: To copy someone’s good behavior or successful approach.
例句
範例
1 / 2“I took a leaf out of her book and began planning my week on Sundays.”
我效法了她成功的做法，開始在周日規劃我接下來一週的工作。
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.
我效法了她成功的做法，開始在周日規劃我接下來一週的工作。
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常見問題
- What does "Take a leaf out of someone’s book" mean?
- "Take a leaf out of someone’s book" means 模仿他人的良好行為或成功方法。.
- 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.