cry over spilt milk

Sens

to be upset about something that cannot be changed

Se désoler de ce qui ne peut plus être changé.

Exemples

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.

Grammaire

S'emploie surtout après it's no use, there's no point ou stop, si bien que cry devient crying. L'anglais américain écrit spilled.