English / proverb

Let Bygones Be Bygones

MEANING IN ENGLISH

To forgive past disputes, resentments, and grievances and start anew with a clean slate.

In context

After months of silence, the two business partners decided to let bygones be bygones and reconcile.

Life is far too short to nurse old grudges; it is better to let bygones be bygones.

Synonyms

forgive and forget,bury the hatchet,wipe the slate clean

Antonyms

hold a grudge,harbour resentment,reopen old wounds

Collocations

agree to let bygones be bygones,time to let bygones be bygones,choose to let bygones be bygones