The phrase «Annushka already spilled the oil» is a famous line from Mikhail Bulgakov's novel «The Master and Margarita» (1928–1940).
In the novel, the phrase carries a mystical meaning tied to the inevitability of fate. Woland (Satan) speaks it during a conversation with Berlioz at Patriarch's Ponds, foretelling the literary critic's imminent death:
«— They're going to cut off your head! — the foreigner suddenly cut in, in turn, and said it without any accent at all.
— Berlioz sat down on the bench, and his voice didn't sound too steady:
— And what makes you say that?
— Bear in mind that Annushka has already bought the sunflower oil, and not only bought it, but spilled it too. So the meeting won't be taking place».
Later in the novel, this phrase finds its explanation: Berlioz slips on the tram tracks on the very sunflower oil that Annushka spilled, falls under a tram, and dies.
The line has become a catchphrase in Russian culture, used to signal the inevitability of fate or to hint that certain events are already predetermined and unavoidable.
In modern usage, the phrase «Annushka has already spilled the oil» is often used as a metaphor for the idea that some irreversible process has already begun and can no longer be stopped.