"water over the dam" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 覆水難收
• 既成事實

Definition

這個詞語表示已經發生且無法改變的事情，因此不必再為此擔憂。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

主要在美國使用，'water under the bridge' 更常見。多用於勸人不要再糾結過去的小事，語氣非正式。

Examples

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

別再擔心那些錯誤了；現在都已經是**覆水難收**了。

The fight we had is just water over the dam.

我們吵架的事已經是**覆水難收**了。

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

去年的所有壓力都已經是**覆水難收**了。

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

我們無法回頭改變已經發生的事——那已經是**覆水難收**了。

Let's stop arguing about the past—it's all just water over the dam.

我們別再為過去的事爭論了——那些都是**覆水難收**。

He apologized, and to me, it's water over the dam at this point.

他已經道歉了，對我來說，這一切都已是**覆水難收**。