Idiom
cry over spilt milk
Meaning
To worry about unfortunate events which have already happened and which cannot be changed.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It is useless to cry over spilt milk.”
“You lost the game, but there is no point in crying over spilt milk.”
“Although the investment failed, the manager urged his team to move forward rather than cry over spilt milk.”
Examples
simple
“It is useless to cry over spilt milk.”
contextual
“You lost the game, but there is no point in crying over spilt milk.”
complex
“Although the investment failed, the manager urged his team to move forward rather than cry over spilt milk.”
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