表达 “mend fences with someone” 的字面意思是 “与某人一起修补篱笆墙”，比喻 “发生分歧或产生矛盾后与某人重归于好，冰释前嫌”。这个表达用来描述某人试图修复与另外一个人的关系。

• I'm trying to mend fences with Ryan. I think I upset him last night.
  我正在试图和瑞恩重修旧好。我觉得我昨晚惹他生气了。
• He bought me some flowers to try and mend fences with me – but it's not enough!
  他为了和我重归于好，给我买了一些花。但这还不够！
• I need to mend fences with my neighbour after our party last night. We were very noisy.
  在昨晚的聚会后，我需要与邻居和解。因为我们聚会时很吵闹。