It means things get out of control.

这句话意思是情一发不可收。

And then it was like a bolt of lightning.

接下来就一发不可收了。

Then one thing led to another.

然后就一发不可收了。

No one can put that genie back in the bottle.

没有能够遏止这个一发不可收的趋势。

It got out of hand. Yes.

情一发不可收了。是的。

All three of them started to laugh, and once started, it was difficult to stop.

他们三都笑了，这一笑就一发不可收。

Once she allowed her anger to show, it could not be dammed up again.

【dam】她一旦发起脾气来就不可收。

Biden says the virus will get worse if people let their guard down.

拜登表示，如果们放松警惕，病毒会一发不可收。

Author Dickens took a fame like a duck to water, working harder than ever.

成名之后，狄更斯愈发不可收，他比以前更加卖力地工作。

From that moment on, Jacopo's amazement grew.

从这一刻起，雅各布的惊异之情便一发不可收了。

His wife had been through with him before but it never lasted.

他的妻子以前也同他闹翻过，但是从来没有闹得不可收。

As I just mentioned, couple times a week, so the mess doesn't get unmanageable.

就像我刚才提到的，一周做几次，这样那些脏乱才不会一发不可收。

And beyond that threshold, there's a runaway effect that could take place and it would rip apart the universe.

超过阈值就可能一发不可收，而且将会撕碎宇宙。

Protests, some of them violent, have been almost constant since then.

抗议者中的极端分子采取了暴力行为，从那时起便一发不可收。

But they can start suddenly when there is too little rain, combined with the Santa Ana winds.

如果赶上降水太少和“塔安娜风”，林火就会一发不可收。

Legal sanctions, even when subjectively applied, can take on a momentum of their own.

法律制裁（一旦开了先例），便有可能一发不可收，即便施行者只是主观为之。

You’re going to de-gnome the garden for me; they’re getting completely out of hand again —”

现在你要给我去清除花园里的地精。它们又闹得不可收了。”

Look at the glass half empty, and then feel grateful whenever things aren't an outright catastrophe.

子女… 看看那装了半杯水的杯子，并且感到感激当情还没有到不可收的程度。

We’ll also keep doing what we can to prevent the worst effects of climate change before it’s too late.

我们还将继续尽一切努力抢在情变得不可收之前阻止气候进一步变暖。

But I had to give all that up, because you can't have two fun parents. That's a carnival.

但是后来我不得不放弃，因为你们不能有一对风趣的爸妈。那样就不可收了。