cry over spilt milk — To waste time in bemoaning what is irreparable • • • Main Entry: ↑cry cry over spilt milk see under ↑cry • • • Main Entry: ↑milk * * * cry over spilt milk phrase to waste time feeling upset about something bad that has happened and cannot be… … Useful english dictionary
cry\ over\ spilt\ milk — • cry over spilled milk • cry over spilt milk • no use crying over spilled milk • no use crying over spilt milk v. phr. informal To cry or complain about something that has already happened; be unhappy about something that cannot be helped. You… … Словарь американских идиом
cry over spilt milk — cry about small accidents, cry instead of doing Children drop things and break them. Don t cry over spilt milk … English idioms
cry over spilt milk — to waste time feeling upset about something bad that has happened and cannot be changed No use crying over spilt milk, she said … English dictionary
don't cry over spilt milk — When something bad happens and nothing can be done to help it people say, Don t cry over spilt milk … The small dictionary of idiomes
cry\ over\ spilled\ milk — • cry over spilled milk • cry over spilt milk • no use crying over spilled milk • no use crying over spilt milk v. phr. informal To cry or complain about something that has already happened; be unhappy about something that cannot be helped. You… … Словарь американских идиом
cry over spilled milk — phrasal : to express vain regrets for what cannot be recovered or undone : complain uselessly * * * cry over spilled milk (US) (or chiefly Brit cry over spilt milk) informal : to be upset about something that has happened and that cannot be… … Useful english dictionary
cry over spilled milk — or[cry over spilt milk] {v. phr.}, {informal} To cry or complain about something that has already happened; be unhappy about something that cannot be helped. * /After the baby tore up Sue s picture book, Sue s mother told her there was no use… … Dictionary of American idioms
cry over spilled milk — or[cry over spilt milk] {v. phr.}, {informal} To cry or complain about something that has already happened; be unhappy about something that cannot be helped. * /After the baby tore up Sue s picture book, Sue s mother told her there was no use… … Dictionary of American idioms
cry over spilt milk — dwell pointlessly on past misfortunes … English contemporary dictionary
