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spilt milk

spilt milk noun: something that cannot be undone.

Noun

spilt milk (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) Something that cannot be undone.
    • It is not only lost, but in its spilling stains and spoils gown or carpet, and should it fall upon the bare ground, can add nothing to the producing powers of the earth; it is always just spilt milk, and not worth crying over.1897, Harper's Bazaar - Volume 30, Issues 27-52, Hearst Corporation, page 892
    • Even looking back is foolish—that's just spilt milk. You've got just two possibilities: stop dead in your tracks, or go on.1950, Nancy Wilson Ross, I, My Ancestor, Random House, page 389

Forms of spilt milk

alternative formspilled milk

Questions about spilt milk

What does spilt milk mean?
Spilt milk means something that cannot be undone.
What part of speech is spilt milk?
Spilt milk is a noun.

Words near spilt milk in the dictionary

  1. Spilsbury
  2. Spilsby
  3. spilt
  4. spilt ink
  5. spilt juice
  6. spilt milk
  7. spilt one's guts
  8. spilt one's guts out
  9. spilt one's seed
  10. spilt out
  11. spilt over

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