Water under the bridge
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 5Something from the past that isn't significant or important anymore
बीती ताहि बिसार दे
That quarrel is water under the bridge after four years.
Radhika and her friend agreed that their old fight was water under the bridge.
Daily use: Jo beet gaya so beet gaya.
पहले पुल नहीं था, तो बहता पानी आपके रास्ते की बड़ी hurdle था। फिर पुल बन गया — अब नीचे बहता पानी कोई समस्या नहीं। Water under the bridge यानी बीती बात, पुराना झगड़ा जो अब मायने नहीं रखता।
Once there was no bridge, and the flowing river was a big hurdle in your way. Then a bridge was built, and the water below no longer troubles you. Water under the bridge is a past problem or quarrel that does not matter any more.
SSC में meaning 'past matter that no longer matters'; related options 'let bygones be bygones', 'forgive and forget'; opposite trap 'bear a grudge'।
It is asked as 'something in the past that no longer matters'; related options are 'let bygones be bygones' and 'forgive and forget', while 'bear a grudge' (keep resentment) is the opposite trap.