英语词汇“it's no use crying over spilt milk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P6. it's no use crying over spilt milk and variants: it is futile to regret what cannot be altered or undone.

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1659 J. Howell Brit. Prov. 40/1 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) No weeping for shed milk.

1681 A. Yarranton England's Improvem.: Pt. II 107 Sir, there is no crying for shed milk, that which is past cannot be recall'd.

1738 J. Swift Treat. Polite Conversat. i. 27 'Tis a Folly to cry for spilt milk.

1824 L. L. Cameron Pink Tippet iii. 17 ‘There is no use in crying for shed milk,’ answered Betty.

1860 A. Trollope Castle Richmond I. vi. 113 It's no use sighing after spilt milk.

1893 New Eng. Mag. Sept. 88/2 His ‘sober second thought’ decided him to face the music, confess his fault and make the best of it, feeling it was of no use to ‘cry for spilled milk’, and leave the matter to terminate as it might.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxvii. 343 It's no good crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.

1930 L. Charteris Last Hero xiv. 227 ‘Ass,’ said the Saint softly, ‘why cry over spilt milk? We're safe for hours yet, and that's all that matters.’

2000 Ottawa Sun (Electronic ed.) 23 Sept. 14 What he did is all water under the bridge and cannot be changed... Let bygones be bygones and stop crying over spilled milk.

单词	it's no use crying over spilt milk
释义	> as lemmas it's no use crying over spilt milk P6. it's no use crying over spilt milk and variants: it is futile to regret what cannot be altered or undone. ΚΠ 1659 J. Howell Brit. Prov. 40/1 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) No weeping for shed milk. 1681 A. Yarranton England's Improvem.: Pt. II 107 Sir, there is no crying for shed milk, that which is past cannot be recall'd. 1738 J. Swift Treat. Polite Conversat. i. 27 'Tis a Folly to cry for spilt milk. 1824 L. L. Cameron Pink Tippet iii. 17 ‘There is no use in crying for shed milk,’ answered Betty. 1860 A. Trollope Castle Richmond I. vi. 113 It's no use sighing after spilt milk. 1893 New Eng. Mag. Sept. 88/2 His ‘sober second thought’ decided him to face the music, confess his fault and make the best of it, feeling it was of no use to ‘cry for spilled milk’, and leave the matter to terminate as it might. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxvii. 343 It's no good crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it. 1930 L. Charteris Last Hero xiv. 227 ‘Ass,’ said the Saint softly, ‘why cry over spilt milk? We're safe for hours yet, and that's all that matters.’ 2000 Ottawa Sun (Electronic ed.) 23 Sept. 14 What he did is all water under the bridge and cannot be changed... Let bygones be bygones and stop crying over spilled milk. extracted from milkn.¹adj. < as lemmas
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