- hold or keep one's peace
- idi hold or keep one's peace, to refrain from or cease speaking; keep silent
From formal English to slang. 2014.
hold or keep one's peace
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hold one's peace — {v. phr.}, {formal} To be silent and not speak against something; be still; keep quiet. * /I did not agree with the teacher, but held my peace as he was rather angry./ Compare: HOLD ONE S TONGUE … Dictionary of American idioms
hold one's peace — {v. phr.}, {formal} To be silent and not speak against something; be still; keep quiet. * /I did not agree with the teacher, but held my peace as he was rather angry./ Compare: HOLD ONE S TONGUE … Dictionary of American idioms
keep one's breath to cool one's porridge — To hold one s peace when further talk is clearly in vain • • • Main Entry: ↑keep … Useful english dictionary
hold one's peace — phrasal : to keep silent : keep one s thoughts to oneself felt it would do no good to complain so held his peace * * * hold one s peace To remain silent • • • Main Entry: ↑peace * * * I see peace II remain silent about somet … Useful english dictionary
One Love Peace Concert — The One Love Peace Concert was a large concert held on April 22, 1978 at The National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. This concert was held during a political civil war in Jamaica between opposing parties Jamaican Labour Party and the People s… … Wikipedia
To hold one's peace — Hold Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Held}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Holding}. {Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[*a]lla, Goth. haldan to feed,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To keep one's hand in — Keep Keep (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
peace — peaceless, adj. peacelessness, n. peacelike, adj. /pees/, n., interj., v., peaced, peacing. n. 1. the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world. 2. (often cap.) an agreement or treaty between warring or antagonistic … Universalium
peace — [[t]pis[/t]] n. interj. v. peaced, peac•ing 1) freedom from war; a cessation or absence of hostilities between nations 2) a state of harmony between people or groups; freedom from dissension 3) freedom from civil commotion; public order and… … From formal English to slang
hold\ one's\ peace — v. phr. formal To be silent and not speak against something; be still; keep quiet. I did not agree with the teacher, but held my peace as he was rather angry. Compare: hold one s tongue … Словарь американских идиом
