Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “much water has flowed under the bridge“ and its meaning is “a lot of time has passed since the event; it is generally used when referring to something (time) that has gone away and can’t be returned and is therefore unimportant or futile to discuss”.
Example Sentence: Then, after the 2019 Assembly election results, Mr. Ajit Pawar formed a short-lived government with Mr. Fadnavis, which eventually unravelled after Mr. Sharad Pawar ensured that the majority NCP MLAs remained with him… The elder Pawar eventually helped form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) with Uddhav Thackeray as Chief Minister. While a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then and the MVA, too, has been toppled,…
This phrase is present in Ahead of the Supreme Court’s verdict on ‘Sena versus Sena’, speculation over fresh political alignments in Maharashtra gathers pace and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
Courtesy: The Hindu
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