no use crying over spilt milk
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But there is no use crying over spilt milk.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2011
It was no use crying over spilt milk, and for the rest of the game Stansfield relaxed no efforts to stay the tide of defeat.
From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Talbot Baines Reed
Well, it's no use crying over spilt milk, and the artillery's on them now.
From With Haig on the Somme by Archibald Webb
But there’s no use crying over spilt milk.
From Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball by J. W. Duffield
Let's forget about that little affair," suggested Elmer; "no use crying over spilt milk, and what's done can't be undone.
From The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost by Alan Douglas
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