reinen Tisch machen
to clear the air; to make a clean breast of things
Origin
Goes back to Latin "tabula rasa" (a smoothed, blank wax tablet): ancient writing tablets could be wiped clean by smoothing - figuratively, creating clear conditions.
Building blocks
Words in this expression
Grammar that uses this word
- Definite article 'der' (the, masculine, nominative)Bestimmter Artikel 'der' (maskulin, Nominativ)
- Indefinite article 'ein' (a/an, masculine, nominative)Unbestimmter Artikel 'ein' (maskulin, Nominativ)
- Negation with 'kein' (masculine/neuter)Negation mit 'kein' (maskulin/neutrum)
- Definite article 'den' (the, masculine, accusative)Bestimmter Artikel 'den' (maskulin, Akkusativ)
- Pronoun 'wir' (we, nominative)Pronomen 'wir' (Nominativ)
- Pronoun 'sie' (they, plural, nominative)Pronomen 'sie' (Plural, Nominativ)
Examples
Lass uns reinen und .
Let's finally clear the air and talk everything through openly.