Two Light Planet: 「木已成舟、覆水難收」的英文 - 用英文表達「無法改變的事實」

2018年5月31日星期四

the die is cast 大局抵定；木已成舟；心意已決
「the die is cast」字面上的意思是「骰子已被擲了出去」，「die」在過去的用法裡是「骰子」的單數，「cast」是動詞「cast（丟擲）」的過去分詞，「the die is cast」是被動句。

From the moment the negotiations failed, the die was cast and war was inevitable. 談判失敗之時就大局已定，戰爭已經不可避免了。
The die is cast. There is no turning back on this point. 木已成舟，事情至此已無轉寰餘地。

water under the bridge 已成往事，不可改變的既成事實
指過去曾有的問題已無法改變，而且已經過一段時日，所以沒必要為此擔憂。這句話用來說過去的事情已如橋下的河水一樣，滾滾流去不復返，何苦自擾之？

Yes, we did have our disagreements but that's water under the bridge now. 是的，我們確實曾經不和，但那已是陳年往事了。
He was relieved his time in jail was over and regarded it as water under the bridge. 他的刑期已經完成，所以鬆了一口氣，把那些蹲牢房的日子當作過去的事。

a gone case
1. 毫無希望、無可挽回的事
用在指一個狀況毫無改善的希望，或任誰都無力回天的情形。

2. 無可救藥的人
形容一個人已失去控制，無可救藥了。

That guy is a total gone case. 那個人沒救了。
I’m a sucker for cute packaging so I was a gone case right when I first spotted this lipstick. 我對可愛包裝有偏執的喜愛，所以當我一看見這個口紅，就已無法自拔了。

What is done cannot be undone 木已成舟；覆水難收；生米已成熟飯

It is no use for you to worry about this; what is done cannot be undone. 為此苦惱沒有用；做過的事不能再還原。
Jill soon regretted telling Mike that she loved him, but she knew that what's done cannot be undone. 吉兒很快地便開始後悔告訴麥克她愛他，但她知道一言既出則無法收回。

There's no use crying over spilled milk
牛奶潑了，哭也無益；已成定局的事後悔也無用

It's no use crying over spilled milk - he's spent all the money, and there's nothing you can do about it.
事已至此，傷心也沒用——他把錢都花光了，對此你也毫無辦法。
Yes, we made a mistake, but there’s no point in crying over spilled milk. 沒錯，我們犯了錯誤，但事已成定局，後悔已於事無補。

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