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Water Bridge It’s Happened Lot That’s Past Worth

Metaphor Water under the bridge
Question Meaning What do you mean?
Meaning
  1. If you say “That’s water under the bridge,” you mean that it’s something that happened in the past, and it’s not worth thinking about or worrying about any more.

  2. A lot of water has gone (or flowed or passed) under the bridge since...” means that lots has happened since a particular event or situation.

Question Example Examples
Example
  1. “Forget about that row. It’s water under the bridge.”

  2. A lot of water has gone under the bridge since we last met.”

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