the ship has (long) sailed
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o gemi çoktan kaçtı
used to say that an offer or possibility is not renewable or available any more
Idiom
Informal
Örnekler
If you were hoping to ask Mollie out, that ship has long sailed — she's going to the dance with Peter.
He wanted to invest in that company years ago, but the ship has long sailed, and the stock price has skyrocketed.
