«TAKE A LEAF OUT OF SOMEONE'S BOOK» İLE İLİŞKİLİ İNGILIZCE KİTAPLAR
take a leaf out of someone's book sözcüğünün kullanımını aşağıdaki kaynakça seçkisinde keşfedin.
take a leaf out of someone's book ile ilişkili kitaplar ve İngilizce edebiyattaki kullanımı ile ilgili bağlam sağlaması için küçük metinler.
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What Did You Say? What Do You Mean?: An Illustrated Guide to ...
What. did. you. mean? If you take a leaf out of someone's book, you copy the way
they behave, because they set a good example. Why does it mean this? In this
saying, a “leaf” means a page in a book. Imagine the book is a play, and the “leaf”
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Oxford Dictionary
of English Idioms
British take a leaf out of someone's book: see LEAF. throw the book at charge or
punish someone as severely as possible or permitted. informal bonnet boo a turn
-up for the book: see TURN-UP. wrote the book on: see WROTE. boom lower the
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Business English Smart Business Talk
Take A Leaf Out Of (Someone's) Book Meaning: To follow someone's example
Example: I would never take a leaf out of his book —he is a terrible mentor. Leaf
Through Meaning: To turn over the pages of a book without reading it thoroughly,
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Joern Meissner, Tracy C. Yun, 2008
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The American Heritage Dictionary
of Idioms, Second Edition
See under TAKE OUT OF. take out of 0 See TAKE A LEAF OUT OF SOMEONE'S
BOOK; TAKE IT OUT OF ONE; TAKE THE BREAD OUT OF SOMEONE'S MOUTH;
TAKE THE STARCH OUT OF; TAKE THE STING OUT OF; TAKE THE WIND ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary
of Idioms
... collect you after work. take a leaf out of (someone's) book see leaf. throw the
book at (someone) to reprimand or punish (someone) severely, esp for breaking
rules: He'll throw the book at you if he finds out how you got this information.
boot1 ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
take a leaf out of someone's book to benefit from their example. • throw the book
at someone see under throw. © Anglo-Saxon boc. □ book in especially Brit 1 to
sign one's name on the list of guests at a hotel. 2 to report one's arrival at a hotel
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... collect you after work. take a leaf out of (someone's) book see leaf, throw the
book at (someone) to reprimand or punish (someone) severely, esp for breaking
rules: He'll throw the book at you if he finds out how you got this information.
boot1 ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
[Anglo-Saxon ♢ in leaf said of a plant: having leaves, take a leaf out of someone's
book see under BOOK, turn over a new leaf to begin a new and better way of
behaving or working, leafage > n the leaves of plants. leaf curl > n a plant
disease ...
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Paperback Oxford English Dictionary
... strictly according to the rules. in someone's bad (or good) books in disfavour (
or favour) with someone. take a leaf out of someone's book imitate someone in a
particular way. throw the book at informal reprimand or punish severely.
bookable ...
Oxford Dictionaries,, Maurice Waite, 2012
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Pocket Oxford English Dictionary
... strictly according to the rules. in someone's bad (or good) books in disfavour (
or favour) with someone. take a leaf out of someone's book imitate someone in a
particular way. throw the book at informal reprimand or punish severely.
bookable ...
