«NO USE CRYING OVER SPILT MILK», IDIOMS
«NO USE CRYING OVER SPILT MILK» IDIOMS (level A2)
Today I offer to learn an idiom «NO USE CRYING OVER SPILT MILK». Try to guess what does this expression mean?
📌 We were disappointed because we had lost the championship game, but it's no use crying over spilt milk.
The sentences below may help you BUT you need to complete them with MISSING WORDS 😊💡:
➪ I failed the exam, but it's _______________________. I'll try it again.
➪ You've broken the vase now! There's no use __________________. We will buy a new one.
➪ It's ____________________ - he's spent all the money, and there's nothing you can do about it.
➪ I know you don't like your new haircut, but you can't change it now. It's no use __________________.
➪ OK, so you broke the drill I lent you. Don't cry __________________.
➪ His decision to resign was disappointing, but it’s no use __________________. We need to concentrate on finding someone to replace him.
➪ My kids were upset because they had burnt their toast, but I told them that it's no use __________________ and to just make some more.
🖌As you can see from the sentences above that there are a few versions of this idiom, like:
📌 It's no use crying over spilled (spilt) milk.
📌 There's no use crying over spilled (spilt) milk.
📌 Don't cry over spilled (spilt) milk.
📝So «NO USE CRYING OVER SPILT MILK» means :
- Don't waste time worrying about small mistakes: they cannot be changed.
- You shouldn't worry about something that has already happened.
- It is no use being angry over or upset about something that has already happened and/or you cannot change.
- It is said to emphasize that it is not useful feeling sorry about something that has already happened.
Here is a video from BBC learning that helps to understand the meaning of this idiom more.
😊💡Let's learn examples again:
- I failed the exam, but it's no use crying over spilled milk. I'll try it again.
- You've broken the vase now! There's no use crying over spilt milk. We will buy a new one.
- It's no use crying over spilled milk - he's spent all the money, and there's nothing you can do about it.
- I know you don't like your new haircut, but you can't change it now. It's no use crying over spilled milk.
- OK, so you broke the drill I lent you. Don't cry over spilled milk.
- His decision to resign was disappointing, but it’s no use crying over spilt milk. We need to concentrate on finding someone to replace him.
- My kids were upset because they had burnt their toast, but I told them that it's no use crying over spilt milk and to just make some more.
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