Will You Let Bygones Be Bygones?

: to forgive someone for something done or for a disagreement and to forget about it I know we've had our fights over the years, but I think it's time we let bygones be bygones.

Do you not let bygones be bygones?

People who can't let bygones be bygones are fools. Not April fools, just plain fools. Letting bygones be bygones means forgetting what happened in the past, forgetting why the two of you had conflict, realizing that it probably doesn't even matter in the big scheme of things, and reconciling the relationship.

How did the saying let bygones be bygones?

The phrase 'Let bygones be bygones' originated in the 15th century. A good example was recorded in a letter by Scottish churchman Samuel Rutherford, acknowledging the follies of his youth: “Pray that byegones betwixt me and my Lord may be byegones.”