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bury_the_hatchet

bury the hatchet

English

Verb

bury the hatchet ‎(third-person singular simple present buries the hatchet, present participle burying the hatchet, simple past and past participle buried the hatchet)

(US, idiomatic) To stop fighting or arguing; to reach an agreement, or at least a truce.
They need to calm down and bury the hatchet before someone gets hurt.

Translations

to stop fighting or arguing

Arabic:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 化干戈為玉帛 (zh), 化干戈为玉帛 (zh) ‎(huà gāngē wéi yùbó), 言歸於好 (zh), 言归于好 (zh) ‎(yánguīyúhǎo), 和解 (zh) ‎(héjiě)
Czech: skončit boj, zakopat válečnou sekeru
Dutch: de strijdbijl begraven m
Finnish: haudata sotakirves
French: enterrer la hache de guerre (fr)
German: das Kriegsbeil begraben (de)
Hungarian: elássa a csatabárdot

Irish: an chloch a chaitheamh as an muinchille
Italian: sotterrare l'ascia di guerra
Japanese: 和睦する (ja) ‎(わぼくする, waboku suru)
Polish: zakopać topór wojenny (pl)
Portuguese: fazer as pazes (pt)
Russian: зары́ть топо́р войны́ pf ‎(zarýtʹ topór vojný)
Spanish: enterrar el hacha de guerra
Swedish: begrava stridsyxan
Vietnamese:
Welsh: claddu asgwrn y gynnen