English Explanatory Dictionary

you can't step in the same river twice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. It is not possible to repeat past experiences, as time changes all things.

Pronunciation

En-au-you can't step in the same river twice.ogg

Word forms

you can't step in the same river twice

Etymology

Direct translation from Heraclitus, "δὶς ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν ποταμὸν οὐκ ἂν ἐμβαίης."

Related words

you can't go home again
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