Spilt Milk? What does "don’t cry over spilt milk" mean?
Cheffy
Feb 8 2010
It means don’t sweat the small stuff. References :
Lulu
Feb 8 2010
You could easily clean it up. References : just me
BlueSea
Feb 8 2010
That is you spill a glass of milk, you clean it up and get another, you don’t cry, worry, bitch or moan about it. So translate that into don’t stress over the little things in life. It’s OK you pick yourself up and keep going References :
poseypeepers
Feb 8 2010
Don’t sweat the small stuff…(it’s an easily remedied situation) References :
Annalou
Feb 8 2010
It’s no "big" thing References :
ayin016
Feb 8 2010
means dont wallow on things you cant have. References :
Sugar PIe
Feb 8 2010
That crying is pointless, as the milk cannot be put back into the glass. So it just means to accept what has happened, suck it up, and keep on going. References :
bbasingal
Feb 8 2010
It doesn’t do any good to be unhappy about something that has already happened or that can’t be helped. From "The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002." Link below………
It means if something is over and done you should put your attention elsewhere and quit pining for the lost milk. References :
Ridiculous
Feb 8 2010
It means, don’t cry becuase you have a mess of milk to clean up… References :
tazmaniandevil923
Feb 8 2010
it means dont beat yourself up for something that happened thats too late to fix…dont cry over somehting so lame and tiny…
like:
the milk spilt, so why are you crying? Make yourself useful and clean it up! Its only mily and it wont go away by crying
(Like that kinda thing) References :
shortcake302
Feb 8 2010
don’t cry over what all ready happened. References : self
Spilt Milk?
What does "don’t cry over spilt milk" mean?
It means don’t sweat the small stuff.
References :
You could easily clean it up.
References :
just me
That is you spill a glass of milk, you clean it up and get another, you don’t cry, worry, bitch or moan about it. So translate that into don’t stress over the little things in life. It’s OK you pick yourself up and keep going
References :
Don’t sweat the small stuff…(it’s an easily remedied situation)
References :
It’s no "big" thing
References :
means dont wallow on things you cant have.
References :
That crying is pointless, as the milk cannot be put back into the glass. So it just means to accept what has happened, suck it up, and keep on going.
References :
It doesn’t do any good to be unhappy about something that has already happened or that can’t be helped. From "The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002." Link below………
Hope this helps.
References :
http://www.bartleby.com/59/3/dontcryovers.html
It means if something is over and done you should put your attention elsewhere and quit pining for the lost milk.
References :
It means, don’t cry becuase you have a mess of milk to clean up…
References :
it means dont beat yourself up for something that happened thats too late to fix…dont cry over somehting so lame and tiny…
like:
the milk spilt, so why are you crying? Make yourself useful and clean it up! Its only mily and it wont go away by crying
(Like that kinda thing)
References :
don’t cry over what all ready happened.
References :
self