spilt milk
Proverbial wasted tears
Spilt milk appears almost exclusively in the expression no use crying over spilt milk—a proverb meaning there's no point in regretting something that has already happened and cannot be undone.
The image is of milk accidentally spilled: lamenting won't put it back in the glass.
- puddleShallow collected rainwater
- dripLiquid falling slowly
- bygonesFormer offenses dismissed
- stainLasting surface discoloration
- water under the bridgePast matters no longer relevant
what's done is done · splash · water over the dam · let it go · sunk cost · acceptance · hindsight · mop up · regret · mess · stoicism · white · disappointment · resignation · moving on · wipe · guilt · embarrassment