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Что было, то былоstresses
inf. Whatever happened has happened (dimock)
что было, то было
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)
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