كيف تنطق "water over the dam"

expression

WAW-ter OH-ver thuh (or thee) DAM

WAW-tuh OH-vuh thuh (or thee) DAM

التعريف

This expression means something that has already happened and cannot be changed, so there is no point in worrying about it anymore.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈwɔtɝ/ /ˈoʊvɝ/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈdæm

الإنجليزية البريطانية

wˈɔːtɐ/ /ˈəʊvɐ/ /ðə, ði/ /dˈæm

أمريكي

WAW-ter OH-ver thuh (or thee) DAM

بريطاني

WAW-tuh OH-vuh thuh (or thee) DAM

Don't worry about those mistakes; it's all water over the dam now.

The fight we had is just water over the dam.

All the stress from last year is water over the dam.

We can't go back and change what happened—it's water over the dam.