单词 | let bygones be bygones |
释义 | > as lemmaslet bygones be bygones c. esp. in bygones are bygones, let bygones be bygones, etc. (Rarely in collective singular) ΚΠ 1636 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. lxii. 166 Pray..that byegones betwixt me and my Lord may be byegones. 1648 F. Nethersole Parables upon Times 5 Let bygans be bygans. 1758 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2324 Bygones are bygones, as Chartres, when he was dying, said of his sins. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. i. 272 Bygone shall be bygone; the New Era shall begin. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) iv. 74 Nor is it Wiser to weep a true occasion lost, But trim our sails, and let old bygones be. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iii. 118 The truce..was cordially ratified; bygones were counted bygones. < as lemmas |
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