A: Now that it's the new year, I've decided to turn over a new leaf.

既然現在新年，我決定從頭開始。

B: Yeah, you finally decided to wipe the slate clean.

真的嗎？你終于決定重新開始了。

A: You got it. I have a new job. I'm living in a new city with new friends. This is my opportunity to make some small changes in the way I live my life.

說得對。我有了新的工作，如今居住在新的城市，也有了新的朋友。這是個好時機，按照我想過的生活方式去做一些小改變。

B: So what are you going to do? Take up an art class or something?

那你打算做些什么？參加藝術班還是其他的事情？

A: Well, first of all, I've decided to stop smoking. It's not that I'm pinching pennies or anything. It's just that I've been smoking since I was sixteen and I think it's time to stop.

首先，我決定戒煙。并不是因為我想省錢或是別的。而且我從16歲開始抽煙，我想是時候戒煙了。

B: I'm with you on that one. Anything else you're planning on doing?

在這點上我同意你的觀點，你還打算做別的事嗎？

A: One last thing, I've decided to come out of the closet.

最后一件事，我決定公開同性戀。

B: It's about time.

也是時間了。

turn over a new leaf

翻開新的一頁。

例句：

Let's turn over a new leaf and forget the past.

讓我們翻開新的一頁，忘記過去。

I'm going to quit my job, turn over a new leaf, start a new job.

我要辭職，我要翻開新的一頁，開始新的工作。

wipe the slate clean

購銷往事

例句：

I was unhappy with the way I was living, so I decided to wipe the slate clean and start again.

我對自己的生活方式很不滿意，所以我決定一筆勾銷，重新開始。

pinch pennies

精打細算

例句：

We'll have to spend money when necessary. Don't pinch pennies all the time.

該花錢的時候還是要花錢。不要一直精打細算。

Since we have a mortgage of 8000 yuan a month, we need to pinch pennies.

既然我們每個月有8000的房貸，我們需要精打細算過日子。

I'm with you on that.

在這點上我同意你

例句：

I'm with you when you say that life's not fair, but I don't agree that we should just sit around and feel sorry for ourselves when life gets tough.

當你說生活不公平的時候，我同意你的看法。但我不同意當生活變得艱難時，我們應該只是坐在那里為自己感到難過。

come out of the closet

出柜

例句：

I'm going to come out of the closet and tell everyone that I'm gay.

我打算出柜。我要告訴所有人我是男同性戀。