#IdiomInsight
I gained insight on #BuryTheHatchet today. An American English idiomatic expression that means to make peace, it‘s considered an idiom because we use its figurative definition over its literal meaning. It‘s an allusion to the practice of throwing weapons after hostility among Native Americans. After the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy, it was customary to bury weapons once peace was reached. Stanford University recently ⬇️