Turn Over a New Leaf | Why a Leaf? | Idiom Meaning and Origin

30 Minutes to Improve Your English Listening Comprehension! If these videos help you and you would like to show your appreciation, you can Buy Me a Coffee Supporters get exclusive audio lessons! Why do we say turn over a new leaf to mean changing our behavior? What do leaves have to do with it? In this video, I explain the complete meaning of the English idiom turn over a new leaf with usage notes and example sentences, and I also explain why the word leaf is used in the origin section of the video. Online etymology dictionary entry for leaf: 10 Idiom Examples with Reworded Sentences: 20 Idiom Examples with Reworded Sentences: Animal idioms: Food idioms: Color idioms: Gambling Idioms Body Part idioms: Food idioms: Money idioms: