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Pelillos a la mar


ROBINDESBOIS September 20, 2010 05:07 AM

Pelillos a la mar
 
When we want to forget sth or forgive sb because of sth they did to us in the past and we were upset with them, we say " pelillos al mar"
ENGLISH?

Perikles September 20, 2010 05:20 AM

Let's forget all about it
Let's bury the hatchet

JPablo September 20, 2010 01:59 PM

Yes, also,
to make up (in the sense of to settle amicably, as differences; as well as to become reconciled, as after a quarrel.
¡pelillos a la mar!
= let bygones be bygones!

Random House Unabridged:
let bygones be bygones, to decide to forget past disagreements; become reconciled: Let's let bygones be bygones and be friends again.

(First time I saw the Spanish expression "pelillos a la mar" was reading the most important classics... Asterix, by Gosciny translated by Perich or Víctor Mora... ¡cráneos privilegiados!)

Perikles September 20, 2010 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPablo (Post 95006)
let bygones be bygones!

Yes, that's the best one. Why didn't I think of that? :thinking:

JPablo September 20, 2010 09:39 PM

Well, sometimes it happens that our mental "file clerk" is busy with other things... That's why we have dictionaries... and Tomísimo "foreros" to help each other... like good brothers... ;) :)


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