룩룩잉글리쉬 51 - War, weapons 관련 표현 (2)

1. Bury the hatchet If you bury the hatchet, you make peace with someone and stop arguing or fighting. ex) Let's stop arguing and bury the hatchet. syn. 화해하다 – make up / reconcile / settle one's differences/ make peace 2. double edged sword something that causes both advantages and problems ex) His great intelligence was a real double-edged sword because he never felt he could communicate with ordinary people. cf. double whammy - a two part difficulty, a dual disadvantage ex) The high cost of health care and his lack of medical insurance was a double whammy. 3. Drop a bombshell suddenly tell someone a piece of news that upsets them very much ex) Her husband dropped a bomb over dinner. 'I'm seeing another woman,' he said.