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Water under the bridge/past the mill

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Origin of: Water under the bridge/past the mill

Water under the bridge/past the mill

Water under the bridge or past the mill meaning that something is irrevocable, in the past and therefore best forgotten, was an ancient saying before it was first recorded in English in John Heywood Proverbs in 1546.