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turn over a new leaf 

To make a change in one's actions or attitude.
I think I should turn over a new leaf when it comes to what I write on this website.

Turn Over A new Leaf 

The phrase "To turn Over A new Leaf" means to start a new life again. If some one turns Over A new Leaf he starts a new life after recovering from a shock or after an accident or similar cases.
1. John turned over a new leaf after an abject failure in the exams.

2. Reva turned over a new leaf after she got married to Farhan.

3. to Turn over a new leaf was not at all easy for the children after the accidental death of their mother.

turn into a new leaf 

Khi một ai đó có quyết định thay đổi bản thân của họ thành một con người mới.
I'll turn into a new leaf this year (quyết định năm mới)
I'll turn into a new leaf right now
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026
Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread
Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020
Word of the Day on May 30, 2026
An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
Pitpig by wimbledon May 28, 2026
Word of the Day on May 29, 2026