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Sentence #615069

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 papabear papabear April 30, 2011 April 30, 2011 at 5:22:43 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Did you translate the English literally? If so, "burying the hatchet" is an idiom that means "to end a fight."

danepo danepo April 30, 2011, edited May 28, 2020 April 30, 2011 at 6:46:33 AM UTC, edited May 28, 2020 at 10:36:20 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

No, I only looked at the Norwegian sentence.
It is also an idiom in Danish/Norwegian. It means:
stopped fighting/arguing/quarrelling

papabear papabear April 30, 2011 April 30, 2011 at 6:50:07 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Duly noted.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #501648For å gjøre en lang historie kort, vi la ned stridsøksa..

For at gøre en lang historie kort, så begravede vi stridsøksen.

added by danepo, November 12, 2010
➜ #501648For å gjøre en lang historie kort, vi la ned stridsøksa.

linked by danepo, November 12, 2010
➜ #266038To make a long story short, we buried the hatchet.

linked by danepo, April 30, 2011
➜ #1346445Por mallongigi rakonton longan: ni decidis, ke la konflikto inter ni estu pasintaĵo.

linked by al_ex_an_der, January 9, 2012