cry over spilt milk

意思

to be upset about something that cannot be changed

為無法改變的事難過.

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.

文法

通常用在 it's no use、there's no point 或 stop 之後，因此 cry 變為 crying。美式英語拼作 spilled。