eine Scheibe abschneiden

German

Etymology

Literally, “to cut off a slice”.

Verb

eine Scheibe abschneiden (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schneidet eine Scheibe ab, past tense schnitt eine Scheibe ab, past participle eine Scheibe abgeschnitten, auxiliary haben)

  1. (idiomatic, reflexive) to take a leaf out of someone's book [with von ‘a person or their work’]
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