take a leaf out of somebody's bookIMITATEto copy the way someone else behaves because you want to be like them or be as successful as they are 学某人的样,以某人为榜样 They are committing $3m to research. We could take a leaf out of their book. 他们要投入300万美元搞研究,我们也可以仿效他们。
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