С328

СЛОВО HE ВОРОБЕЙ, ВЫЛЕТИТ - HE ПОЙМАЕШЬ (saying)words that are said cannot be taken back: — spoken words are like flown birds—neither can be recalleda word spoken is past recallingwords once spoken you can never recalla word too much cannot be recalledwhat is said cannot be unsaid.
Потом, уже в эмиграции, в конце жизни, Бунин вычеркнул мистиков, богоискателей, поэтов, эстетов (из своего стихотворения)... Но я не признаю этой самоцензуры. Что написано - написано. Слово не воробей (Катаев 3). Later as an emigre, towards the end of his life, Bunin deleted the mystics, god-seekers, poets and aesthetes (from his poem).. .But I do not accept this self-censorship. What is written is written. What is said cannot be unsaid (3a)

Смотреть больше слов в «Большом русско-английском фразеологическом словаре»

С329 →← С327

T: 365