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:
- To build a fire under oneself
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- Still waters run deep
- The scalded dog fears cold water
- Fools grow without watering
- To fish in troubled waters
- Every miller draws water to his own mill
- He will never set the Thames on fire
- To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
- To add fuel (oil) to the fire (flames)
- Soft fire makes sweet malt
- A great ship asks deep waters
- Salt water and absence wash away love
- There is no fire without smoke