you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube

Proverb

Once something is said or done, it cannot be unsaid or undone.

Japanese Meaning

一度発した言葉や行った行動は、元に戻すことができないこと。 / 一度してしまったことは取り返しがつかないという意味。 / 言ったことや行為は後から取り消すことができないことを示す諺。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

怒りの発言がオフィス中に広がった後で、彼は一度言ってしまったことは取り消せないと痛感した。

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Sense（1）

Once something is said or done, it cannot be unsaid or undone.

But, as they say, you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube, so once it was out there for everybody to read there was no way of keeping it a secret and that inevitably led to me working it into continuity.

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