Let bygones be bygones
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4To forgive and forget
बीती ताहि बिसार दे
They let bygones be bygones after ten years.
Let bygones be bygones is a decision and not a feeling.
Daily use: Beeti baatein bhul jao.
Bygone यानी जो बीत चुका। जो बीत गया उसे बीता ही रहने दीजिए, उसे दोबारा मत खोदिए। मतलब forgive and forget: ग़लती हो गई, कोई बात नहीं, आगे एक नया मौका।
Bygones are things that have gone by, things already in the past. Let the bygones stay bygones and do not dig them up again. In short: forgive and forget, and give each other a fresh chance.
इसका meaning forgive and forget है; bury the hatchet और reconciliation (सुलह) related options हैं, bear a grudge (मन में शिकायत पालना) opposite है।
It means to forgive and forget; bury the hatchet and reconciliation are related options, while bear a grudge is the opposite.