"that ship has sailed" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} that ship has sailed
  1. (originally US) That opportunity has already passed; it is too late to do anything about it. Synonyms: that train has left the station, that ship has already sailed Related terms: close the stable door after the horse has bolted, genie is out of the bottle, miss the boat, there's no point crying over spilt milk Translations (that opportunity has passed): գնացքը գնացել է (gnacʿkʿə gnacʿel ē) (Armenian), 時不再來 (Chinese Mandarin), 时不再来 (Chinese Mandarin), 大勢已去 (Chinese Mandarin), 大势已去 (dàshìyǐqù) (Chinese Mandarin), det tog er kørt (Danish), dat is een gepasseerd station (Dutch), se juna meni jo (Finnish), dieser Zug ist abgefahren (German), ez a vonat elment (már) (Hungarian), ez a hajó elment (már) (Hungarian), ez a hajó elúszott (már) (Hungarian), hai perso il treno (Italian), det toget er kjørt (Norwegian Bokmål), det løpet er kjørt (Norwegian Bokmål), a fila anda (Portuguese), trece baba cu colacii (Romanian), поздно пить боржоми (pozdno pitʹ boržomi) (Russian), ese barco ya zarpó (Spanish), se te fue el tren (Spanish)

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      "sense": "that opportunity has passed",
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      "sense": "that opportunity has passed",
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      "sense": "that opportunity has passed",
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      "sense": "that opportunity has passed",
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      "sense": "that opportunity has passed",
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      "sense": "that opportunity has passed",
      "word": "det toget er kjørt"
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      "sense": "that opportunity has passed",
      "word": "det løpet er kjørt"
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      "sense": "that opportunity has passed",
      "word": "a fila anda"
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      "sense": "that opportunity has passed",
      "word": "trece baba cu colacii"
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      "note": "по́езд ушёл (pójezd ušól, literally “the train is gone”)",
      "sense": "that opportunity has passed"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "that opportunity has passed",
      "word": "поздно пить боржоми"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that opportunity has passed",
      "word": "ese barco ya zarpó"
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