leaf Идиома

in leaf

having new leaves, growing leaves Poplar trees were in leaf, wild roses in bloom.

leaf out

grow new leaves, in leaf She trimmed the branches before the trees began to leaf out.

turn over a new leaf

make a fresh start I

take a leaf out of one's book

Idiom(s): take a leaf out of one's book

Theme: BEHAVIOR

to behave or to do something in the way that someone else would.
• When you act like that, you re taking a leaf out of your sister's book, and I don't like it!
• You had better do it your way. Don't take a leaf out of my book. I don't do it well.

leaf through

Idiom(s): thumb through something AND leaf through something

Theme: EXAMINATION

to look through a book, magazine, or newspaper, without reading it carefully.
• I've only thumbed through this book, but it looks very interesting.
• I leafed through a magazine while waiting to see the doctor.

Take a leaf out of someone's book

If you take a leaf out of someone's book, you copy something they do because it will help you.

Turn a new leaf

If someone turns a new leaf, they change their behaviour and stop doing wrong or bad things.

four-leaf clover|clover|four|four-leaf

n. A small green plant with four leaves which many people think means good luck because clover plants usually have three leaves. John has a four-leaf clover in his pocket. He thinks he will have good luck now.

leaf through|leaf

v. phr. To scan or glance through a book or other reading matter. I only had time to leaf through the program before the concert started.

turn over a new leaf|leaf|turn|turn over

v. phr. To start afresh; to have a new beginning. "Don't be sad, Jane," Sue said. "A divorce is not the end of the world. Just turn over a new leaf and you will soon be happy again."
Compare: CLEAN SLATE.

leaf

leaf
In addition to the idiom beginning with leaf, also see quake in one's boots; take a leaf out of someone's book; turn over a new leaf.

new leaf

new leaf
see turn over a new leaf.