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there's no use crying over spilt milk

there's no use crying over spilt milk is the alternative form of there's no point crying over spilt milk.

Meaning of there's no point crying over spilt milk

Proverb

there's no point crying over spilt milk

  1. It is useless to be upset over something that cannot be undone.

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There's no use crying over spilt milk is the alternative form of there's no point crying over spilt milk.

Words near there's no use crying over spilt milk in the dictionary

  1. there's no such thing as a free lunch
  2. there's no such thing as a stupid question
  3. there's no there there
  4. there's no time like the present
  5. there's no use
  6. there's no use crying over spilt milk
  7. there's no war in Ba Sing Se
  8. there's no war within the walls
  9. there's none so blind as those who will not see
  10. there's nothing to it
  11. there's nowt so queer as folk

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