释义 |
Idiom rake over the ashes to think about or to talk about unpleasant events from the past.There is no point in raking over the ashes now, you did what you thought was right at the time.
rake over the ashesTo revisit, bring up, or spark the memory of something that happened in the past, especially something unpleasant. Now, now, there's no need to rake over the ashes, that disagreement we had happened a long time ago. rake over the ˈashes/the ˈpast (informal, disapproving) discuss with somebody unpleasant things that happened between you in the past: When they met each other again, ten years after the divorce, they both tried hard not to rake over the past. |