cry over spilt milk
/ˌkraɪ əʊvə ˌspɪlt ˈmɪlk/NEUTRAL · B2
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字面意思: «为洒了的牛奶哭»
含义
to be upset about something that cannot be changed
为无法改变的事难过.
例句
- 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.
语法
通常用在 it's no use、there's no point 或 stop 之后,因此 cry 变为 crying。美式英语拼作 spilled。
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