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Re:Old Geek Jobs: fighting against ageism in the industry by jnbiche on Thursday September 15, 2016 @08:33PM (#12511089)
> In English one would say "the horse has left the barn."

At least in my native English speaking world, we also say "that train has left the station". It's even listed as a cliche on a MetaFilter page on cliches and hackneyed sayings[0].

We also say "that ship has sailed".

0. http://ask.metafilter.com/177148/Thats-so-cliche

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Re:Old Geek Jobs: fighting against ageism in the industry by kafkaesq on Monday September 19, 2016 @01:54PM (#12533278)
Heavens, you got me there.

But the cat's out of the bag now, so what can I do?

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