来者可追
      Explanation: Thing of the past is irretrievably lost, but the next thing is not too late to catch up.
      Usage: The main predicate; as predicate; means too late to remedy the matter after the
      Source: Pre-Qin Confucian "Analects XVIII,": "to be banned from the bridge, and to those who still can be traced."
  • Thesaurus:  Gu Dog Your Brother, take measures in time, Zhicuojiugai
  • Antonym Group:  Have no choice but Or ease, By iron is hot, against time, speed is precious in war, seize every minute and second, Time and tide wait for no man, Cut the Gordian knot, Broken mess knife, Now (in the time) or never!, seize a chance, Time and tide wait for no man., The mill cannot grind with the water that is past., Opportunity knocks but once., avail oneself of Hydration mud, a speedy fight dispatch