take a leaf out of smb.'s book

   бpaть пpимep c кoгo-л., cлeдoвaть чьeму-л. пpимepу

    Don't you think it's rather a pretty compliment we pay the other sex if we sometimes take a leaf out of their books? (W. S. Maugham). He's got his head screwed on the right way, your father has. You want to take a leaf out of his book (D. Cusack and F. James)