(the) genie is out of the bottle
- (the) genie is out of the bottle
- something has become known.
Efforts to ban cloning cannot succeed — the genie is out of the bottle.
Usage notes: often used in the form put the genie back in the bottle:
Once people got used to e-mail, it was impossible to put this genie back in the bottle.
Etymology: based on the story of a genie (= magic being) who was released from a bottle and then helps the person who let it out
New idioms dictionary.
2014.
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