The fat is in the fire
Жир уже в огне (т. е. дело уже сделано и уже ничем не поможешь).
Сделанного не воротишь. Спохватился, когда скатился.
Другие пословицы:
- He carries fire in one hand and water in the other
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
- The mill cannot grind with the water that is past
- The scalded dog fears cold water
- Out of the frying-pan into the fire
- There is no fire without smoke
- As welcome as water in one's shoes
- To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- There is no smoke without fire
- Too much water drowned the miller
- Beware of a silent dog and still water
- He will never set the Thames on fire
- It is good fishing in troubled waters