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kiss and make up

idiom

To settle one's differences and forgive.


Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    betray with a kiss

    To betray someone in a seemingly inconspicuous or innocuous manner.

  2. 02

    blow a kiss

    To kiss one's own hand, then blow on it in a direction towards the recipient.

  3. 03

    cannot make it

    Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.

  4. 04

    doctors make the worst patients

    It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.

  5. 05

    enough to make a cat laugh

    Very outlandish or outrageous.

  6. 06

    enough to make the angels weep

    Something so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.

  7. 07

    fine feathers make fine birds

    Something that appears beautiful or good is by definition beautiful or good.

  8. 08

    it takes all kinds to make a world

    Diversity is essential: the world would be incomplete if everyone were alike; an expression of surprise at a person or people's eccentricity.

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