Turn Over a New Leaf | Why a Leaf? | Idiom Meaning and Origin
30 Minutes to Improve Your English Listening Comprehension! If these videos help you and you would like to show your appreciation, you can Buy Me a Coffee Supporters get exclusive audio lessons! Why do we say turn over a new leaf to mean changing our behavior? What do leaves have to do with it? In this video, I explain the complete meaning of the English idiom turn over a new leaf with usage notes and example sentences, and I also explain why the word leaf is used in the origin section of the video.
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