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OttoJ Posted 11 years ago
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Turn over; idiom
Could I use the idiom this way?
-It is time for the Mathematics Association to turn over a new leaf.
It sounds OK, but somehow this idiom gives me the feeling that, generally speaking, it should be talking about former criminals who want to be good people. (Our Association has done nothing wrong.)
-It is time for the Mathematics Association to turn over a new leaf.
It sounds OK, but somehow this idiom gives me the feeling that, generally speaking, it should be talking about former criminals who want to be good people. (Our Association has done nothing wrong.)
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OttoJ It sounds OK, but somehow this idiom gives me the feeling that, generally speaking, it should be talking about former criminals who want to be good people. That's my impression as well. I would not use that idiom in that context.
- OttoJ It sounds OK, but somehow this idiom gives me the feeling that, generally speaking, it should be talking about former criminals who want to be good people.
- That's my impression as well.
- I would not use that idiom in that context.
- CJ
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OttoJIt sounds OK, but somehow this idiom gives me the feeling that, generally speaking, it should be talking about former criminals who want to be good people.That's my impression as well.
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