sailed

That ship has sailed - long ago - any programmer who doesn't know what it means at this point just isn't paying attention.

But that ship sailed when the Euro countries bailed out most of that toxic debt with public funds.

Making the F-22 cheaper sailed out the window when the current administration stopped production orders in 2009.

Think of Huygens who imagined that Venusians sailed the seas on ships held together with hempen rope.

In fact, he's already proven his loose lips will sink his primary ship long before it sailed.

That ship has sailed as well and clinging to the original definition is a lost cause.

The ship hasn't sailed, but when they get to the ship it better be good enough.

In fact, there are documented instances where Tyson changed or invented quotes to fit his narrative, so that ship has sailed.

For a while, Sea Shepherd's vessels sailed under the flag of the Iroquois Nation.

You can't put the horse back in barn, that ship has already sailed, can't un-ring a rung bell, etc., etc.

Personally, I think it would have sailed through much more easily had she been in office.

Creative defacement of the art would have been a more interesting in-kind response, but I suppose that ship has sailed.

So when it comes to hauling the employee into a private meeting with higher-ups, who are already outright declaring their displeasure with the situation, I think the "benefit of the doubt" boat has sailed.