nasi sudah menjadi bubur

Indonesian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Malay nasi sudah menjadi bubur.

Proverb edit

nasi sudah menjadi bubur

  1. (idiomatic) what's done cannot be undone

Further reading edit

Malay edit

Etymology edit

nasi (rice) +‎ sudah (already) +‎ menjadi (become) +‎ bubur (porridge), literally rice has become porridge, keeping in mind that porridge cannot be turned back to rice.

Proverb edit

nasi sudah menjadi bubur

  1. (idiomatic) what's done cannot be undone