water over the dam

[water over the dam] or [water under the bridge] {n. phr.}

Something that happened in the past and cannot be changed.

* /Since the sweater is too small already, don't worry about its shrinking; that's water over the dam./

Compare: CRY OVER SPILLED MILK.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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