water over the dam
Example Sentences
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“It’s water over the dam, under the bridge, however you want to refer to it. Let’s get over it and get on with our lives.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022
The feared uncontrolled releases of water over the dam did not occur, and authorities allowed residents to return home within days.
From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2017
"It's been 11 years, and a lot of water over the dam," he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2015
Eddie said some things he shouldn’t have, but that’s water over the dam.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2011
A review of the gage heights recorded by floods for several years past shows that the break occurs when the height of water over the dam crest reaches from 40 to 60 inches.
From The Passaic Flood of 1903 by Leighton, Marshall Ora
