If you’re in the Ozarks, you might hear the expression that means the same as water under the bridge or spilled milk: “that melon’s busted.” The idea in all three cases is that something irrevocable has happened, and there’s no going back. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “That Melon’s Busted”
I met a guy from the Ozarks the other day who reminded me that there’s a great expression that has to do with the idea of, well, I think of it as spilled milk, you know, something that’s happened and you can’t go back and fix it.
What’s that?
That melon’s busted.
That melon is busted.
I mean, you can just picture dropping a watermelon or something. There’s no way you’re putting it back together, right?
No.
It reminds me when my son was very young, one-ish, two-ish.
Yeah?
He wanted his bananas whole, and if they were broken, he would cry and shout, put it, put it. He wanted the banana put back together.
Putting together a banana is a lot easier than putting a watermelon back together, right?
Yeah.
That melon’s busted.
Sure.
I love that.
