it's no use crying over spilt milk

English

Alternative forms

• it's no use crying over spilt milk
• it's no good crying over spilt milk
• there's no use crying over spilt milk

Proverb

there's no point crying over spilt milk

1. You shouldn't be upset over something that can't be undone.

Translations

you shouldn't be upset over something that can't be undone — see also what's done is done

Finnish: ei kannata itkeä maahan kaatunutta maitoa, turha se on itkeä, kun paskat on jo housussa (vulgar) French: le deuil de l’eau renversée ne vaut rien German: was geschehen ist, ist geschehen Hungarian: késő bánat ebgondolat (hu) Maori: e hoki oti te hūare ki te waha Persian: روغن ریخته جمع نمی‌شود (rowğan-e rixte jam' namišavad, literally “spilled oil can't be collected”) Spanish: llorar sobre la leche derramada

See also

• what's done is done