Geçmişe mazi, yenmişe kuzu derler

Meaning: What's past is past; don't dwell on it.

Literally: The past is past, and what's eaten is called lamb

Example: “Kavgayı unutalım artık. Geçmişe mazi, yenmişe kuzu derler.” — Let's forget the quarrel now: what's past is past.

Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, and 4 more languages

English: Don't cry over spilled milk
French: Ce qui est fait est fait (literally: What is done is done)
Spanish: A lo hecho, pecho (literally: To what is done, chest)
Japanese: 覆水盆に返らず (Fukusui bon ni kaerazu) (literally: Spilled water doesn't return to the basin)
German: Geschehen ist geschehen (literally: What has happened has happened)
Italian: Cosa fatta capo ha (literally: A thing done is done)
Dutch: Gedane zaken nemen geen keer (literally: Done things don't turn back)
Polish: Co się stało, to się nie odstanie (literally: What has happened can't un-happen)
Chinese: 覆水难收 (Fù shuǐ nán shōu) (literally: Spilled water is hard to gather back)

Origin: A play on sounds: mazi means the past, and what has been eaten is simply called lamb, nothing to be done about it now.

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