cry over spilt milk
Mourn past mistakes
To cry over spilt milk is to waste energy lamenting something that has already happened and cannot be undone.
The phrase usually appears in the negative: There's no use crying over spilt milk.
The advice acknowledges that while regret is natural, dwelling on past mistakes serves no purpose.
- unfortunateDeserving of pity
- happenCome into being
- alreadyPrior to now
- regretSorrow over past actions
- changeTo make different
event · futile · self-pity · worry · cry · rue · lament · sad · mishap · remorse · disappointment · sorrow · frustration · anguish · guilt · accept · forgive yourself · despair
cry over spilt milklet it go
Cease fixating on something
move on · water under the bridge · roll with the punches · let bygones be bygones · get over it
cry over spilt milklook forward
Await eagerly
onward and upward · tomorrow is another day · turn the page · start fresh · seize the day
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