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كيف تنطق "put the genie back in the bottle"

expression

PUT thuh JEE-nee BAK in thuh BAH-tuhl
put thuh JEE-nee BAK in thuh BOT-ul

التعريف

This expression means trying to undo something that has already happened, especially when it is impossible or very difficult.

نسخ IPA

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈpʊt/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈdʒini/ /ˈbæk/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbɑtəɫ

الإنجليزية البريطانية

pʊt/ /ðə, ði/ /dʒˈiːni/ /bˈæk/ /ˈɪn/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈɒtəl

نطق مبسط

أمريكي

PUT thuh JEE-nee BAK in thuh BAH-tuhl

بريطاني

put thuh JEE-nee BAK in thuh BOT-ul

استمع في السياق

Once people had seen the video online, it was impossible to put the genie back in the bottle.

After the invention was released, you couldn't put the genie back in the bottle.

The company tried to delete the news, but they couldn't put the genie back in the bottle.

Once that secret got out, there was no way to put the genie back in the bottle.