"water over the dam" 怎么发音
expression
WAW-ter OH-ver thuh (or thee) DAM
WAW-tuh OH-vuh thuh (or thee) DAM
释义
This expression means something that has already happened and cannot be changed, so there is no point in worrying about it anymore.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈwɔtɝ/ /ˈoʊvɝ/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈdæm
英式英语
wˈɔːtɐ/ /ˈəʊvɐ/ /ðə, ði/ /dˈæm
简化发音
美式
WAW-ter OH-ver thuh (or thee) DAM
英式
WAW-tuh OH-vuh thuh (or thee) DAM
语境中听
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.