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Need A List Of Phrases

Posted by derek on 1/11/2011 at 12:50 PM ET 125 Points
Hello, this may not really fit in with this section but we are sending something out to "mend fences" with another company. I would like to come up with something humorous showing it's time to make up. I am looking to see if anyone can supply me with a list of phrases similar to "Bury the Hatchet". Once I see a list of ideas I will be able to do something with the creative. Thanks in advance
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  • Posted by Jay Hamilton-Roth on 1/11/2011 at 1:47 PM Member
    Kiss and Make-up...
    Let Bygones...
    Turn the other cheek...
  • Posted by bill.hoelzel on 1/11/2011 at 9:31 PM Accepted
    Here are other idioms like "mend the fence" and "bury the hatchet." Hope they help.

    * Put the past behind us
    * Forgive and forget
    * Let a new day dawn
    * Start over
    * No longer live in the past
    * Stop the past from determining the future.
    * Let go of the past
    * It’s water over the dam
    * It’s water under the bridge
    * What happened in the past needn’t determine our future
    * Put an end to our dispute
    * Open a new chapter
    * Close the book on the past
    * Don’t look back
    * Forget the past
    * Leave the past behind us
    * Remember war no more
    * Let’s just forget what we were fighting about . . .
    * Yesterday is gone. Let’s think about tomorrow.
    * Don't stop thinking about tomorrow . . .
    * Repair our relationship
    * Whatever happened, happened.
    * Can’t change the past. Can change the future.
    * Hang up the hatchet

    Here's where I got "Hang up the hatchet."

    Idioms & Phrases from dictionary.com

    bury the hatchet

    Make peace; settle one's differences. For example, Toward the end of the year, the roommates finally decided to bury the hatchet . Although some believe this term comes from a Native American custom for declaring peace between warring tribes, others say it comes from hang up one's hatchet , a term dating from the early 1300s (well before Columbus landed in the New World). The word bury replaced hang up in the 1700s.

    The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.

  • Posted on 1/13/2011 at 5:02 AM Member
    Derek - how about:

    "Although this is not an easy letter to write, I would like to start the year by saying how sorry I am for what has passed recently. Hopefully, there is only one way for us to move forward - and that is up!

    I recently saw a phrase that summed up the situation for all of us here: "Only by letting go of the past can we truly move ahead".

    I hope that sentiment is mutual - and here's to good luck and a positive future!

    Best wishes

    XXXXXXXX
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