| 单词 | to cry over spilt milk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cry over spilt milk (or †water) b. to cry over spilt milk (or †water), or variants of this: To fret about some loss, mistake, etc., which cannot be remedied. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [verb (intransitive)] sorroweOE aruec1000 ruea1400 overthinka1450 regretc1450 to rue the day (also hour)c1461 fret1551 to cry over spilt milk (or water)1738 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 27 'Tis a Folly to cry for spilt Milk. 1828 J. Neal Rachel Dyer xx. 248 I pity you both, but there's no help for you now—never cry for spilt milk. 1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xxx What's done, Sam, can't be helped, there is no use in cryin over spilt milk. 1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1866) 1st Ser. iv. 76 Not stop..to weep over spilt water. 1860 A. Trollope Castle Richmond I. vi. 113 It's no use sighing after spilt milk. < as lemmas |
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