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词汇 put the genie back in the bottle
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put the genie back in the bottle
mainly American let the genie out of the bottle - to allow something bad to happen which cannot then be stopped.
Now that these sorts of drugs are so widely available, it may be too late to put the genie back in the bottle.
idiomput the genie back in the bottleto try to make a situation like it was before, when it has been changed by one important event and made worse or more difficult:Both sides can discuss arms control, but can they put the genie back in the bottle?Lawyers said it was too late to put the genie back in the bottle, after information on the case was leaked to the press.

put the genie back in the bottle

To attempt to revert a situation to how it formerly existed by containing, limiting, or repressing information, ideas, advancements, etc., that have become commonplace or public knowledge. Almost always used in the negative to denote the impossibility of such an attempt. Many people lament the ubiquity and pervasive nature of social media, but no one will be able to put that particular genie back in the bottle.
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