the damage is done

the damage is done

It is too late to prevent or undo some harm that has occurred. A: "Can't we just change the policy that caused so much upset?" B: "Doing so won't change what happened to those employees. The damage is done." I called 911 because I suspected my father was having a stroke, but by the time the ambulance arrived, the damage had been done.
See also: damage, done
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • go through the change
  • change is the only constant in life
  • constant
  • evolve
  • quite a change
  • the change (of life)
  • the change of life
  • change of life
  • change
  • change to