英语词汇turn over a new leaf的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

turn over a new leaf. The leaf turned over is one from a book not a tree. People have been using the expression, for “reform- ing or amending one’s conduct” for almost 500 years and it re- fers to turning to a blank page in an exercise book where one can begin work afresh, or to a new lesson in a book of precepts. A page of a book is called a leaf, however, because the leaves of certain plants were used as manuscript pages before the inven- tion of paper. Many ancient manuscripts written on palm leaves still survive.

词汇	turn over a new leaf
词源	turn over a new leaf. The leaf turned over is one from a book not a tree. People have been using the expression, for “reform- ing or amending one’s conduct” for almost 500 years and it re- fers to turning to a blank page in an exercise book where one can begin work afresh, or to a new lesson in a book of precepts. A page of a book is called a leaf, however, because the leaves of certain plants were used as manuscript pages before the inven- tion of paper. Many ancient manuscripts written on palm leaves still survive.
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