cry over spilt milk

المعنى

to be upset about something that cannot be changed

التحسر على أمر لا يمكن تغييره.

أمثلة

1. 1The train has gone, so there's no point crying over spilt milk — let's get a taxi.
2. 2It's no use crying over spilt milk; the photos are deleted and that's that.
3. 3Yes, we lost the match, but crying over spilt milk won't change the score.
4. 4Why are you still crying over spilt milk? That argument happened months ago.
5. 5Mum told me to stop crying over spilt milk and think about what to do next.

القواعد

يأتي عادة بعد it's no use أو there's no point أو stop، فتتحول cry إلى crying. والتهجئة الأمريكية هي spilled.