English Explanatory Dictionary

toothpaste is out of the tube

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. A situation that cannot be recovered or reversed back to its original state.

Pronunciation

En-au-toothpaste is out of the tube.ogg

Word forms

toothpaste is out of the tube the toothpaste is out of the tube

Etymology

From the practical impossibility of getting toothpaste back into a tube once it is squirted out.

Related words

unring a bell let the cat out of the bag genie is out of the bottle
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