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:
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- Salt water and absence wash away love
- To build a fire under oneself
- There is no fire without smoke
- Follow the river and you'll get to the sea
- To draw water in a sieve
- One fire drives out another
- To pour water into a sieve
- There is no smoke without fire
- As welcome as water in one's shoes
- He will never set the Thames on fire
- Out of the frying-pan into the fire
- A burnt child dreads the fire
- Soft fire makes sweet malt