"Take a leaf out of someone's book"是什么意思？

1) Take a leaf out of someone's book -Perhaps other country's can take a leaf out of Japan's book in preserving cultural heritage, since their trick is to make traditional culture Cool and Hip -It is good for the young radio host to take a lead out of the more experienced radio hosts book -I should take a leaf out of Greg's book and do sit ups every night to get abs. Definition: to copy something that someone else does because it will bring you advantages. It is posetive Etymology:　The word leaf here refers to a page from a book. Therefore, when you take a leaf from someone's book, you are copying what the individual has written. 2) Holy grail -Going into the eye of a tornado is the Holy Grail of storm chasers -Discovering a new and large animal species is the Holy Grail of zoologists -Becoming the queen bee at the prep school is the holy grail for some girls Definition: The term simply means" the ultimate find" in whatever area you're in. Etymology: A grail, wondrous but not explicitly holy, first appears in Perceval le Gallois, an unfinished romance by Chrétien de Troyes:[1] it is a processional salver used to serve at a feast. Chrétien's story attracted many continuators, translators and interpreters in the later 12th and early 13th centuries, Later becomes intertwined with the Christian Last Supper, despite there was no mention of an important grail until the 1100s 3) Jump ship -Edmund decided to jump ship to the half marathon after he discovered the full marathon was too hard -Another advertising company offered Don a $10000 to jump ship -The TV star jumped ship after the first season when a better TV series casted him. Definition: if you jump ship, you leave a job or activity suddenly before it is finished, especially to go and work for someone else. Or when there is difficulty Etymology: based on the literal meaning of jump ship (to leave a ship without permission while it is temporarily in a port in the middle of a trip)