Did she take a leaf out of Katrina’s book??

Kareena seems to have taken a leaf out of Katrina Kaif’s book for her item number in Heroine.

A lot of us want to improve spoken English skills. The right method is do a lot of talking practice. figure out how you are going to do it.

Also, learn new expressions everyday, pick new words and ways of using those words at every opportunity.

In this post, we learn about the phrase – to take a leaf out of someone’s book. Let’s begin with some examples:

1. Surinder used to come to the office on time but of late he seems to have taken a leaf out of Mahinder’s book. Now, he too comes at 10.30
2. If you allow this criminal to get away with less punishment because of his caste, several others will not hesitate to take a leaf out of his book.
3. In Heroine, Kareena Kapoor and in Aiyya, Rani Mukherjee seem to have taken a leaf out of Vidya Balan’s book – what with provocative dance moves in revealing Indian dresses.

Can you guess the meaning?

When you talk of a leaf from a book, it means a page. So you are really talking about someone taking out a page from someone else’s book. When will you say this?

Simple. When someone seems to have borrowed somebody else’s idea or seems to be copying the other person.

Use this phrase whenever you want to express the idea that somebody is imitating somebody else or seems heavily inspired by that person. It’s as if he is reading from the other guy’s idea book.

Let’s close with some more examples:

1. A lot of young Indians seem to have taken a leaf out of Sanjeev Bhikchandani’s book – they are quitting their jobs and starting their own businesses.
2. Mulayam seems to have taken a leaf from Congress’s book by appointing several members of his family to prominent government positions.
3. Vijay Mallya seems to have taken a leaf out of Richard Branson’s book. He is always posing with pretty girls on expensive yachts or otherwise flaunting his high flying life style.