出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第245页（236字）
规矩老实，安于本分，不要求分外之物，例他以前胡作非为，但经过这次教训后，决心痛改前非，做一个安分守己的人。
As a young man he had run amuck but after being duly punished，he was determined to turn a new leaf and become a law-abiding citizen．