释义 |
●wipe the slate ˈcleanagree to forget about past mistakes or arguments and start again with a relationship 把以往过错一笔勾销;捐弃前嫌◆We’re both to blame. Let’s wipe the slate clean and start again.我们俩都有错。让我们捐弃前嫌,重新开始吧。 ORIGIN In the past, people wrote on a slate with chalk (= a soft white stone). If you wiped it, you rubbed off the marks written on it. 旧时,人们用白垩(chalk)在石板上写字。擦掉后,上面的文字就没有了。 |