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toothpaste is out of the tube

A situation that cannot be recovered or reversed to its original state.

Etymology:

  • From the practical impossibility of getting toothpaste back into a tube once squirted out.
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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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Zahnpasta ist aus der Tube

टूथपेस्ट ट्यूब से बाहर है

pasta gigi sudah keluar dari tabung

зубная паста вышла из тюбика

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