"cry over spilt milk" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-uk-dont cry over spilt milk.ogg Forms: cries over spilt milk [present, singular, third-person], crying over spilt milk [participle, present], cried over spilt milk [participle, past], cried over spilt milk [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cry over spilt milk (third-person singular simple present cries over spilt milk, present participle crying over spilt milk, simple past and past participle cried over spilt milk)
  1. To worry about unfortunate events which have already happened and which cannot be changed. Synonyms: cry over spilled milk Related terms: what's done is done, spilt milk Translations (to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened): لَا تَبْكِ عَلَى اَلْحَلِيب اَلْمَسْكُوب (lā tabki ʕalā l-ḥalīb al-maskūb) (Arabic), 吃後悔藥 (Chinese Mandarin), 吃后悔药 (chī hòuhuǐyào) (Chinese Mandarin), plakat nad rozlitým mlékem (Czech), græde over spildt mælk (Danish), itkeä maahan kaatunutta maitoa (Finnish), pleurer sur le lait renversé (French), בכה על חלב שנשפך (bakhá al khaláv shenishpákh) (Hebrew), késő bánat ebgondolat (Hungarian), eső után köpönyeg (Hungarian), veszett fejsze nyele (Hungarian), nasi sudah menjadi bubur (Indonesian), non piangere sul latte versato (Italian), inutile piangere sul latte versato (Italian), płakać nad rozlanym mlekiem (Polish), chorar sobre o leite derramado (Portuguese), chorar sobre leite derramado (Portuguese), chorar pelo leite derramado (Portuguese), llorar sobre la leche derramada (Spanish), llorar por la leche derramada (Spanish), a lo hecho, pecho (Spanish), gråta över spilld mjölk (Swedish)

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