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| the mill cannot grind with the water that is past (дословно: Мельница не может молоть на утёкшей воде); things done cannot be undone; bygones are bygones (used to mean: what has been, has been, it is different now); the days of our pride are gone; we have seen better days; we have known better days; a mill cannot grind with the water that is past; what's been before, is now no more; one cannot put back the clock | |||