what's done is done

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From a line of dialogue spoken by the character Lady Macbeth in Act III Scene II of Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: çu bë u bë — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Arabic: مَا حَدَثَ قَد حَدَثَ (mā ḥadaṯa qad ḥadaṯa) — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Arabic: مَا فَاتَ قَدْ مَاتْ (mā fāta qad māt) — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Azerbaijani: olan olub — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Azerbaijani: olan olub, torba dolub — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Cebuano: dili na mabalik ang baha paingon sa bukid — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Chinese Mandarin: 覆水難收 /覆水难收 (fùshuǐnánshōu) — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Chinese Mandarin: 木已成舟 (mùyǐchéngzhōu) — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Dutch: gedane zaken nemen geen keer — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Finnish: tehty mikä tehty — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• French: ce qui est fait est fait — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• French: le mal est fait — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• German: was passiert ist, ist passiert — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Hindi: जो होगया सों होगया (jo hogyā sõ hogyā) — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Hungarian: ez a hajó már elment — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Irish: déantar an méid atá déanta — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Japanese: 覆水盆に返らず (fukusui bon ni kaerazu) — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Korean: 한번 엎지른 물은 다시 주워 담지 못한다 (hanbeon eopjireun mur-eun dasi juwo damji mothanda) — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Māori: e hoki oti te hūare ki te waha — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjort er gjort — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Persian: کاری است که شده (kâri ast ke šode) — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Polish: co się stało, to się nie odstanie — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Polish: co było, to było — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Portuguese: o que está feito está feito — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Romanian: ce-a fost, a fost — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Russian: что сде́лано, то сде́лано (što sdélano, to sdélano) — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Scottish Gaelic: tha na tha air a dhèanamh air a dhèanamh — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Spanish: lo hecho, hecho está — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Spanish: ajo y agua — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Swedish: gjort och klar — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Tagalog: nasa huli ang pagsisisi — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Turkish: olan oldu — events that have already taken place cannot be changed
• Welsh: mae'r hyn sy'n cael ei wneud yn cael ei wneud — events that have already taken place cannot be changed