spilled milk
Knocked-over glass result
Spilled milk appears almost exclusively in the expression don't cry over spilled milk or no use crying over spilled milk—advice against dwelling on mistakes or misfortunes that cannot be undone.
The image is of milk already on the floor: regret won't put it back in the glass.
Sometimes spelled spilt milk.
- cryingEmotional tear release
- regretSorrow over past actions
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
- puddleShallow collected rainwater
- whiteAbsence of pigment
cry over · dairy · accident · kitchen · wipe · mop · floor · wet floor · splatter · carton · glass · upset · waste · tears · soggy · cleanup · clumsy · oops
- consequencesconsequence, consequences, result, results, effect
- acceptance phraseslet it go, it is what it is, such is life, c'est la vie, que sera sera
- Resignationresign, resigned, I give up, I surrender, I concede
worth dwelling on
spilled milkunfinished business
Incomplete matters requiring attention
open wound · urgent matter · burning question · elephant in the room · unresolved conflict
spill, spilled, spilt, spilling, spills, spillage, milk, milks, milked