i hear people say that phrase all the time and i dont know what it means....
2006-07-25 16:07:56 · 10 answers · asked by VolleyballChic4eva*** 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It means that what the person is talking about happened a long time ago, that a lot has happened since then. Like standing on a bridge over a fast moving river. A box floating in the water passes under the bridge and floats on down the river. A few minutes later, when the box is out of site, someone on the bridge starts talking about the box, its colour, its size, how long it took to pass under the bridge like it's just happening. You'd probably be more inclined to say "Geez, that was ages ago", but you could say "a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then". Same as the person talking about some event that happened a long time ago.
2006-07-26 15:30:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It is letting things go. The water has passed under the bridge and so has whatever they are referring to.
2006-07-25 23:17:57 · answer #2 · answered by Karen S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's always water under the bridge. Its always there and it never goes away hence the bridge. When people say they mean your not telling them anything new.
2006-07-25 23:11:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
do you know what junk in the trunk means? well what the phrase you asked mean your fat or have a lot of stuff going on there
2006-07-25 23:12:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yah, its just saying that whatever happend is now in the past. . . water is you're troubles, and the bridge means, you've gotten over it. ya know?!
2006-07-25 23:40:19 · answer #5 · answered by angel_to_ashes 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have put alot of stuff behind you-you have grown as a person.
2006-07-25 23:12:02 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
lot's of things have happened after the event that sb had mentioned, so let's forget it
2006-07-26 03:37:58 · answer #7 · answered by ginger 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that it's in the past....You've moved on
2006-07-25 23:12:51 · answer #8 · answered by Taffi 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You really don't need my answer. You go your answer all bundled up with all the answers before me. Right on.
2006-07-28 05:13:13 · answer #9 · answered by DeeJay 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a lot of time
2006-07-25 23:12:41 · answer #10 · answered by dbg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋