"there's no point crying over spilt milk" meaning in English

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Proverb

Forms: it's no use crying over spilt milk [alternative], it's no good crying over spilt milk [alternative], no use crying over spilt milk [alternative], there's no use crying over spilt milk [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-proverb|head=there's no point crying over spilt milk}} there's no point crying over spilt milk
  1. You should not be upset over something that cannot be undone. Related terms: cry over spilt milk, spilt milk, what's done is done Translations (you should not be upset over something that cannot be undone): ei kannata itkeä maahan kaatunutta maitoa (Finnish), turha se on itkeä, kun paskat on jo housussa [vulgar] (Finnish), le deuil de l’eau renversée ne vaut rien (French), was geschehen ist, ist geschehen (German), késő bánat ebgondolat (Hungarian), e hoki oti te hūare ki te waha (Maori), nie ma co płakać nad rozlanym mlekiem (Polish), llorar sobre la leche derramada (Spanish)
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Alternative forms

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