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gen. Whatever happened, happened (Whatever happened, happened. Let's move on. ART Vancouver)
idiom. when it's gone, it's gone. (Andrey Truhachev); it's water under the bridge (4uzhoj); it is water under the bridge now (It is water under the bridge now and you must move forward. – Что было, то было. Тебе нужно об этом забыть и продолжать жить дальше. Alex_Odeychuk); it's no use crying over spilt milk (Andrey Truhachev); it's no use crying over spilled milk (Andrey Truhachev)
inf. been there, done that (Agasphere)
jarg. it's no use crying over spilt milk (MichaelBurov); been there, done that (MichaelBurov)
proverb an injury forgiven is better than an injury revenged (и быльём поросло); a mill cannot grind with the water that is past (и быльём поросло); forgive and forget (и быльём поросло); let all things past pass (и быльём поросло); let the dead bury the dead (и быльём поросло)
slang let bygones be bygones
что будет, то будет
gen. what shall be shall be; what is to be will be; what will be will be
amer. it's gonna be what it's gonna be (Taras)
proverb what is to be, will be (what is fated to be cannot be avoided); what will be, will be; what will be, shall be; what must be, must be; come what may; he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned; there's no escaping one's fate
saying. whatever will be, will be ("Que sera, sera, // Whatever will be, will be // The future's not ours to see. // Que sera, sera, // What will be, will be." lyricfind.com VLZ_58); let happen what may (VLZ_58)
span. que sera, sera (Lu4ik)
что есть, то есть
inf. guilty as charged (Olya34); no getting away from that (Technical)
Что было, то было
inf. Whatever happened has happened (dimock)
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