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cry over spilled milk

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To cry over spilled milk is to waste sadness on a small mistake already made. No use to cry over spilled milk, do not cry over spilled milk.

It is nearly always used in the negative, as advice to move on. The British write spilt as often as spilled, and the saying is centuries old either way.

Definitions of cry over spilled milk

  1. 1phrasecry over spilled milkTo waste sadness on a small mistake already made.B2

    “The order is gone, so there is no sense in stopping to cry over spilled milk.”

cry over spilled milk is a phrase.

Also accepted in games: cry over spilt milk

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