吐はいた唾つばは飲のめぬ

expression

words once spoken cannot be taken back

Proverb meaning that once you say something, you cannot unsay it, just as you cannot swallow spit you have already spat out.

• 吐はいた唾つばは飲のめぬから、発はつ言げんには気きをつけなさい。

  Words once spoken cannot be taken back, so be careful what you say.