January 2017

ENGLISH IDIOM OF THE MONTH:

„Turn over a new leaf“

MEANING

To do something completely new in your life.

TRANSLATION

Einen Neustart machen.
wörtlich: Eine neue Seite umblättern.

ORIGIN

In the 16th century people called pages ‘leaves’ so when they turned over a new page (leaf) they were ready to start a new lesson.