The mill cannot grind with the water that is past
Мельница не может молоть на утекшей воде.
Что было, то сплыло. Что прошло, того не воротишь.
Другие пословицы:
- He will never set the Thames on fire
- To draw water in a sieve
- Every miller draws water to his own mill
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- As welcome as water in one's shoes
- Soft fire makes sweet malt
- Beware of a silent dog and still water
- He carries fire in one hand and water in the other
- The scalded dog fears cold water
- Still waters run deep
- A little fire is quickly trodden out
- To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody
- To pour water into a sieve