cry over spilt milk

意味

to be upset about something that cannot be changed

取り返しのつかないことを嘆く.

例文

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.

文法

ふつう it's no use、there's no point、stop の後に置くので、cry は crying になる。アメリカ英語では spilled とつづる。