- Spilled water cannot be gathered up.; Water poured on the ground cannot be recovered.; When water's spilt, you can never retrieve it.; What's done cannot be undone.; It is no use crying over spilt milk.; difficult for a divorced couple to remarry; Fallen flowers cannot go back to their stock.; Chips off the mass reverts not to the block.
覆水难收的用法和样例:
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我们不可能改变他,故而必须尽量处理好。覆水难收,后悔是没用的。
But we can't change him, so we must make the best of it. What's done cannot be undone, on use crying over spilt milk.