cry over spilt milk

뜻

to be upset about something that cannot be changed

되돌릴 수 없는 일로 속상해하다.

예문

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.

문법

보통 it's no use, there's no point, stop 뒤에 쓰므로 cry가 crying이 된다. 미국 영어에서는 spilled로 쓴다.