cry over spilt milk
/ˌkraɪ əʊvə ˌspɪlt ˈmɪlk/NEUTRAL · B2
Meaning
to be upset about something that cannot be changed
Examples
- 1The train has gone, so there's no point crying over spilt milk — let's get a taxi.
- 2It's no use crying over spilt milk; the photos are deleted and that's that.
- 3Yes, we lost the match, but crying over spilt milk won't change the score.
- 4Why are you still crying over spilt milk? That argument happened months ago.
- 5Mum told me to stop crying over spilt milk and think about what to do next.
Grammar
Usually after it's no use, there's no point or stop, so cry becomes crying. American English spells it spilled.
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