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:
- To fish in troubled waters
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- To pour water into a sieve
- There is no fire without smoke
- One fire drives out another
- To draw water in a sieve
- Follow the river and you'll get to the sea
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- Fools grow without watering
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- He will never set the Thames on fire
- Every miller draws water to his own mill
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- Salt water and absence wash away love
- To build a fire under oneself