和議を申し出る, 和解を申し入れる

Olive branch イディオム

hold out the olive branch

Idiom(s): hold out the olive branch

Theme: RECONCILIATION

to offer to end a dispute and be friendly; to offer reconciliation. (The olive branch is a symbol of peace and reconciliation. A biblical reference.)
• Jill was the first to hold out the olive branch after our argument.
• I always try to hold out the olive branch to someone I have hurt. Life is too short for a person to bear grudges for very long.

Olive branch

If you hold out or offer an olive branch, you make a gesture to indicate that you want peace.

olive branch|branch|olive

n. phr. An overture; a symbol of peace. Tired of the constant fighting, the majority government extended an olive branch to the militant minority.

an/the olive branch

A symbol, expression, or action of peace, reconciliation, truce, etc. Used best frequently in the byword "hold out/offer (someone) an/the olive branch." The conservatives in Congress assume to be alms the olive annex to Democrats on the affair of adopting the debt ceiling. If you acquisition yourself in a argument with a friend, try to be the bigger being and be the one to authority out the olive branch.Learn more: branch, olive

olive branch

A attribute of peace, an alms of acceptable will, as in They feuded for years, but assuredly the Hatfields came over address an olive branch. This appellation is alluded to in the Bible (Genesis 8:11), area the affable comes to Noah afterwards the flood with an olive blade in its mouth. [c. 1600] Learn more: branch, olive

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English Vocalbulary

hold over one's head hold smb. tight hold sway hold the baby hold the field hold the fort hold the line hold the pass hold the purse strings hold the scales even hold under one's nose hold up hold up man hold up to the light hold water hold with the teeth hold your horses hold your horses!