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"ref": "1833, Mr. Warburton, The Sportsman's Cabinet, and Town and Country Magazine, volumes 1-2, page 376",
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "吃後悔藥"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "græde over spildt mælk"
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"word": "בכה על חלב שנשפך"
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"word": "nasi sudah menjadi bubur"
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"word": "płakać nad rozlanym mlekiem"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
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"word": "gråta över spilld mjölk"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "لَا تَبْكِ عَلَى اَلْحَلِيب اَلْمَسْكُوب"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "吃後悔藥"
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"roman": "chī hòuhuǐyào",
"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "吃后悔药"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "plakat nad rozlitým mlékem"
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "græde over spildt mælk"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "itkeä maahan kaatunutta maitoa"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "pleurer sur le lait renversé"
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"roman": "bakhá al khaláv shenishpákh",
"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "בכה על חלב שנשפך"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "késő bánat ebgondolat"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "eső után köpönyeg"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "veszett fejsze nyele"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "nasi sudah menjadi bubur"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "non piangere sul latte versato"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "inutile piangere sul latte versato"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "płakać nad rozlanym mlekiem"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "chorar sobre o leite derramado"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "chorar sobre leite derramado"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "llorar sobre la leche derramada"
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"word": "llorar por la leche derramada"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "a lo hecho, pecho"
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"sense": "to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened",
"word": "gråta över spilld mjölk"
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