NEW Year's idioms

1. New year idioms
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2. The following idioms
may be used at New
Year’s, or anytime you
are starting something
new in your life.

3. Turn over a new leaf
Meaning: You stop a
behavior to do a new,
healthier behavior.

4. Turn over a new leaf
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I’m tired of partying so
much. I need to turn
over a new leaf and quit
drinking. I also want to
start exercising more!

5. To take stock of your
life
Meaning: to think
deeply about what
you can or should do
with your life.

6. To take stock of your life
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You know, I’ve been
taking stock of my life,
and I realize I need to
get a new job. I think I
should work on better
relationships, too.

7. To be at a crossroads
(in your life)
Meaning: to be at a time in
your life where you have two
or more choices to make in
regards to what you could do
with the rest of your life.

8. To be at a crossroads
(in your life)
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I feel like I am at a
crossroads in my
life. I don’t know if I
should take the new
job or go back to
school for something
I really want to do.

9. To go back to square
one
Meaning: to start over
again

10. To go back to square
one
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When I went
back to
university it
really was
like going
back to
square one.
True. But look at
you now! You
earned your
degree and you
are about to start
a fabulous job!

11. To stay the course
Meaning: to keep
doing what you did in
the past.

12. To stay the course
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For a little
while there I
wasn’t sure I
was going to
finish the
race!
I know, but
you stayed
the course,
and you
finished in a
great time!