Idiom Breakdown

cry over spilt milk

INFORMAL English negative polarity items

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Definition

To worry about unfortunate events which have already happened and which cannot be changed.

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"'Tis a Folly to cry for spilt Milk."
"The Willington Mare, when she started so fast, Ah! we little thought then that the race was her last: Accurst be the stake that was stained with her blood! But, why cry for spilt milk?—May the next be as good."
"There's no more time for crying over spilled milk Now it's time for crying in your beer"
"Don't you bloody dare cry over spilt milk. You only have yourself to blame."

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