cry over spilt milk


To dwell pointlessly on past misfortunes: “I know you wish that you'd handled the project more efficiently, but there's no use crying over spilt milk.”

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How to use cry over spilt milk in a sentence

  • The advice to do the next thing and not cry over spilt milk is ever so much better than sentimental recalling of the past.

    Health Through Will Power | James J. Walsh
  • "Well, it don't do any good to cry over spilt milk," said Anderson bravely.

    The Daughter of Anderson Crow | George Barr McCutcheon
  • It was useless, however, to cry over spilt milk, and all my thought now was to get back to the hotel in safety.

    The Mysterious Shin Shira | George Edward Farrow
  • "Well, there ain't no use to cry over spilt milk," came from Luke.

    At the Fall of Port Arthur | Edward Stratemeyer
  • There was no time to cry over spilt milk or reinstated school-teachers.

    Coniston, Complete | Winston Churchill