cry over spilled milk

Example Sentences

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It is the rule against clichés—don’t beat dead horses, cry over spilled milk or freeze like a deer in the headlights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

“Sometimes it isn’t fair, but how do you deal with it? Do you cry over spilled milk or ‘Woe is me?'”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2019

“Sometimes it isn’t fair, but how do you deal with it? Do you cry over spilled milk or ‘Woe is me?’”

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2019

As for Sky, the British pay-television company that Disney lost to Comcast in a September bidding war, Mr. Iger said, “You can’t cry over spilled milk — nothing you can do about it.”

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2018

But it was, alas, a little bit too late to cry over spilled milk.

From Abducted to Oz by Evans, Bob