cry\ over\ spilt\ milk

cry\ over\ spilt\ milk
• cry over spilled milk
• cry over spilt milk
• no use crying over spilled milk
• no use crying over spilt milk
v. phr. informal
To cry or complain about something that has already happened; be unhappy about something that cannot be helped.

You have lost the game but don't cry over spilt milk.

After the baby tore up Sue's picture book, Sue's mother told her there was no use crying over spilled milk.

Compare: make one's bed and lie in it, water over the dam or water under the bridge

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • cry over spilt milk — to waste time feeling upset about something bad that has happened and cannot be changed No use crying over spilt milk, she said …   English dictionary

  • don't cry over spilt milk — When something bad happens and nothing can be done to help it people say, Don t cry over spilt milk …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • cry\ over\ spilled\ milk — • cry over spilled milk • cry over spilt milk • no use crying over spilled milk • no use crying over spilt milk v. phr. informal To cry or complain about something that has already happened; be unhappy about something that cannot be helped. You… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • cry over spilled milk — phrasal : to express vain regrets for what cannot be recovered or undone : complain uselessly * * * cry over spilled milk (US) (or chiefly Brit cry over spilt milk) informal : to be upset about something that has happened and that cannot be… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cry over spilled milk — or[cry over spilt milk] {v. phr.}, {informal} To cry or complain about something that has already happened; be unhappy about something that cannot be helped. * /After the baby tore up Sue s picture book, Sue s mother told her there was no use… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cry over spilled milk — or[cry over spilt milk] {v. phr.}, {informal} To cry or complain about something that has already happened; be unhappy about something that cannot be helped. * /After the baby tore up Sue s picture book, Sue s mother told her there was no use… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cry over spilt milk — dwell pointlessly on past misfortunes …   English contemporary dictionary

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