Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Something in the past that cannot be controlled or undone, but must be accepted, forgiven, or forgotten.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
Examples
- They agreed that their old disputes were water under the bridge and decided to make a fresh start.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: water over the dam
Antonyms: none provided
past events to be put aside
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bygone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: past, past times, yesteryear
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Chinese Mandarin:
過去的事 /过去的事
(guòqù de shì)
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Dutch:
gedane zaken maken geen keer
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Finnish:
mennyt
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Finnish:
ollut ja mennyt
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
French:
histoire ancienne
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
French:
de l'eau a coulé sous les ponts
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
German:
Schnee von gestern
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Greek:
ο γέγονε, γέγονε
(o gégone, gégone)
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Greek:
νερό κι αλάτι
(neró ki aláti)
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Hungarian:
sok víz lefolyt azóta a Dunán
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Japanese:
終わったこと
(owatta koto)
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Norwegian Bokmål:
snøen som falt i fjor
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Polish:
po ptokach
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Polish:
było, minęło
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Portuguese:
águas passadas
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Portuguese:
águas passadas não movem moinhos
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Russian:
прошлогодний снег
(prošlogodnij sneg)
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted
-
Spanish:
agua pasada
— something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted