turn over a new leaf

短语

翻开新的一页, 重新开始 [法] 改过自新

发音

AU

词形变化

turned over a new leaf turning over a new leaf turns over a new leaf 三单 turns over a new leaf turning over a new leaf 现在分词 turned over a new leaf 过去式 turned over a new leaf 过去分词

别名

turn a new leaf

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To engage in self-improvement; to begin a good habit or shed a bad habit.

    改过自新

    弃旧图新

    悔过自新

    改行自新

    重新做人

    放下屠刀

    习语

    Every year he resolves to turn over a new leaf and start exercising.

词源

Figurative by the same metaphor as with turn the page.

来源：wiktionary