turn over a new leaf
to start behaving in a new way
TRANSLATION
turn over a new leaf = ein neues Kapitel aufschlagen --- GOOGLE INDEX turn over a new leaf: approximately 200,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The New Year is a good time for us to make changes for the better, an excellent opportunity to TURN OVER A NEW LEAF, shedding any old bad habits.
(BBC News)
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"I have read your letter to say you want to TURN OVER A NEW LEAF. The time to show you are serious about that will be on your release from prison. The way to show that is by committing no further offences."
(The Reading Post, UK)
(BBC News)
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"I have read your letter to say you want to TURN OVER A NEW LEAF. The time to show you are serious about that will be on your release from prison. The way to show that is by committing no further offences."
(The Reading Post, UK)
Did you
know?
turn over a new leaf
idiom
- start to act or behave in a better way
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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To turn over a new leaf derives from turning the page of a book to begin a new page.
Oscar Wilde, Irish borne playwright and 19th century society darling, led an exciting but scandalous life. Married with two children, he eventually discovered that he was attracted to men. This attraction landed him in jail because such behaviour was illegal in England during those days.
After spending two years in a jail in Reading, his friends urged him to turn over a new leaf. He agreed. A few days later a friend returned to his hotel suite, which he was sharing with Wilde, and apparently found Wilde in the room with a bellboy.
The shocked friend said, "You said you would turn over a new leaf." Wilde then replied, "That's true, but I haven't yet gotten to the bottom of the page."
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SYNONYMS
wipe the slate clean, make a new beginning, start from scratch, make a fresh start, go back to the drawing board, go back to square one
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"The doctor said it's time for me to turn over a new leaf and begin eating healthier foods."
idiom
- start to act or behave in a better way
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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To turn over a new leaf derives from turning the page of a book to begin a new page.
Oscar Wilde, Irish borne playwright and 19th century society darling, led an exciting but scandalous life. Married with two children, he eventually discovered that he was attracted to men. This attraction landed him in jail because such behaviour was illegal in England during those days.
After spending two years in a jail in Reading, his friends urged him to turn over a new leaf. He agreed. A few days later a friend returned to his hotel suite, which he was sharing with Wilde, and apparently found Wilde in the room with a bellboy.
The shocked friend said, "You said you would turn over a new leaf." Wilde then replied, "That's true, but I haven't yet gotten to the bottom of the page."
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SYNONYMS
wipe the slate clean, make a new beginning, start from scratch, make a fresh start, go back to the drawing board, go back to square one
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The doctor said it's time for me to turn over a new leaf and begin eating healthier foods."
