词汇 | FORGIVENESS |
释义 | FORGIVENESS excuse someone to forgive someone. (Usually with me. Said when interrupting or when some other minor offense has been committed. There are many mannerly uses of this expression.)John came in late and said, "Excuse me, please."John said "excuse me" when he interrupted our conversation.When John made a strange noise at the table, he said quietly, "Excuse me."John suddenly left the room saying, "Excuse me. I'll be right back." forgive and forget to forgive someone (for something) and forget that it ever happened. (Fixed order.)I'm sorry, John. Let's forgive and forget. What do you say?It was nothing. We'll just have to forgive and forget. kiss and make up to forgive (someone) and be friends again.They were very angry, but in the end they kissed and made up.I'm sorry. Let's kiss and make up. wipe someone's slate clean to (figuratively) erase someone's (bad) record.I'd like to wipe my slate clean and start all over again.Bob did badly in high school, but he wiped his slate clean and did a good job in college. |
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