nasi sudah menjadi bubur

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay nasi sudah menjadi bubur.

Phrase

nasi sudah menjadi bubur

  1. (idiomatic) what's done is done; the die is cast

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

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

Phrase

nasi sudah menjadi bubur

  1. (idiomatic) the die is cast, what's done is done