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January 2021

Water under the bridge

ENGLISH IDIOM OF THE MONTH:
„Water under the bridge“

 

MEANING
It means that someone should not worry about the bad experience in the past as the person involved is no longer worried or upset about it.

TRANSLATION
Schnee von gestern.
wörtlich: Wasser unter der Brücke.

ORIGIN
This idiom comes from an old proverb saying that a lot of water has flowed under the bridge meaning a lot has happened since the event.