| 单词 | to take a page from a person's book |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (also borrow, etc.) a page from a person's book b. to take (also borrow, etc.) a page from a person's book to base one's conduct on a known, named, or favoured precedent; to follow another's example or lead; to emulate. Cf. to take a leaf out of a person's book at book n. Phrases 2j.Cf. to take a page out of another's playbook at playbook n. 3b. ΚΠ 1846 Episcopal Recorder 20 June 53/2 We may often take a page from her [sc. the Chuch of Rome's] book, if we only take care that it is not blotted with her superstitions and her crimes. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 146/3 Home gardeners can well take a page from the orchardist's book because many a valuable deciduous shade tree also suffers such injury. 1971 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 26 Feb. 4/2 What nobody seems to have thought about seriously is taking a page from the enemy's book. 2012 Chalk May 39 Take a page from this song siren's book and love you for you! < as lemmas |
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