Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
It's Water Under The Bridge
English answer:
something in the past, that's over now
English term
an English expression
What is meant by "it's all water under the bridge now"?
| 4 +22 | it was in the past - it's over now |
RHELLER
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| 5 +4 | there's nothing I/we can do to affect the situation |
Angela Dickson (X)
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| 5 | forget the past |
HammoudLawFirm
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May 7, 2005 16:02: Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D. changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Konstantin Kisin, RHELLER, Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Non-PRO (3): Charlie Bavington, giogi, cmwilliams (X)
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it was in the past - it's over now
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-05-07 15:58:52 GMT)
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GoEnglish.com Idiom = \"Water Under The Bridge\" = Today\'s English ...
\"Water Under The Bridge\" (something we have forgotten about... ) We say \"water under the bridge\" to refer to past experiences and conflicts which we have ...
www.goenglish.com/WaterUnderTheBridge.asp
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-05-07 15:59:47 GMT)
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the rest of the phrase above: which we have decided to forget. This idiom compares these memories of the past to water which has passing under [the] bridge. Example: \"Aren\'t you still angry about what he said?\" Answer: \"No, that was a long time ago. It\'s all water under the bridge.\"
there's nothing I/we can do to affect the situation
| agree |
Elizabeth Lyons
16 mins
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| agree |
verbis
1 hr
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| agree |
Will Matter
: "It's over and done with, nothing further can be done, let's move on" is the meaning.
1 hr
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| agree |
Refugio
: the river of time flows in one direction only
2 hrs
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