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

  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.

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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