bury the hatchet

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cease fighting or arguing; to reach an agreement, or at least a truce. US,idiomatic
    — They need to calm down and bury the hatchet before someone gets hurt.

词形变化

buries the hatchet present,singular,third-person burying the hatchet participle,present buried the hatchet participle,past buried the hatchet past

词源

The phrase is an allusion to the figurative or literal practice of putting away the tomahawk at the cessation of hostilities among or by Native Americans in the Eastern United States, specifically during the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy, and in Iroquois custom in general. Weapons were to be buried or otherwise cached in time of peace.
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