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:
- There is no smoke without fire
- Fools grow without watering
- Little chips light great fires
- Still waters run deep
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- One fire drives out another
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- Soft fire makes sweet malt
- Every miller draws water to his own mill
- To build a fire under oneself
- Out of the frying-pan into the fire
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
- To pour water into a sieve
- To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water
- The scalded dog fears cold water