cry over spilt milk

Related to cry over spilt milk: Curiosity killed the cat

cry over spilt milk

To be upset over something that cannot be fixed, often something minor. Please calm down, you're just crying over spilt milk. We already submitted the report, so we can't fix it now. A: "Why is Hannah so upset?" B: "Oh, she's just crying over spilt milk. She just fell down and ripped her stockings—she'll be fine."

don't cry over spilled milk

Don't be upset over something that cannot be fixed. Said especially of something trivial or minor. Oh, honey, you just ripped your stockings a little. You'll be fine—don't cry over spilled milk. Don't go crying over spilled milk. We already submitted the report, so we can't fix it now.

cry over spilt (or spilled) milk

lament or make a fuss about a misfortune that has happened and that cannot be changed or reversed.

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释义	cry over spilt milk Related to cry over spilt milk: Curiosity killed the cat cry over spilt milk To be upset over something that cannot be fixed, often something minor. Please calm down, you're just crying over spilt milk. We already submitted the report, so we can't fix it now. A: "Why is Hannah so upset?" B: "Oh, she's just crying over spilt milk. She just fell down and ripped her stockings—she'll be fine." See also: cry, milk, over, spilt don't cry over spilled milk Don't be upset over something that cannot be fixed. Said especially of something trivial or minor. Oh, honey, you just ripped your stockings a little. You'll be fine—don't cry over spilled milk. Don't go crying over spilled milk. We already submitted the report, so we can't fix it now. See also: cry, milk, over, spill Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cry over spilt (or spilled) milk lament or make a fuss about a misfortune that has happened and that cannot be changed or reversed. See also: cry, milk, over, spilt Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: a straw will show which way the wind blows a crack at (someone or something) (you) wanna make something of it? (do) (you) want to make something of it? a bird in hand a bird in the hand add in a/the feel of (something) (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you (you've) got to get up pretty early in the morning to (do something) References in periodicals archive But the explorer joked: "I am not going to cry over spilt milk - or split fingers... My hand's in a Fiennes mess. "But it is one of those things, you cannot cry over spilt milk, you have just to take it on the chin." Mr Heslop had never previously been disciplined by the Farriers' Registration Council. Farrier gets a month-long ban "I didn't want to cry over spilt milk and I didn't even accept the psychological help and therapy that was offered to me. Blinded Gav told to stay calm on row Matt Jarvis could also have won a penalty but Ebanks-Blake accepted the call: "I'd like to think it was a penalty but it wasn't given so while we're disappointed we're not going to cry over spilt milk," he said. Ebanks-Blake: It was a battle Maradona said: "I'm very sad that Riquelme does not want to play in my team, but I'm not going to cry over spilt milk." Maradona gets blame The seasoned adventurer who has taken on seemingly super-human challenges is refusing to "cry over spilt milk" after he was forced to abandon his latest bid to conquer Mount Everest. BIRMINGHAM POST: A hero rests In other words, losers were trying not to cry over spilt milk (or, more accurately, measure the amount spilt), while gainers were more interested in--and happy--counting their gains." Money and happiness "I'm not one to cry over spilt milk about anything. McMANUS: REFS BIASED? DON'T MICK ME LAUGH "But what is necessary to do is not to cry over spilt milk but to see that procedures are put in place to ensure that this does not happen again." Law chief in Pinochet warning
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