| The advice to do the next thing and not cry over spilt milk is ever so much better than sentimental recalling of the past. |
| I haven't come back to cry over spilt milk, like a naughty dairymaid who trips and falls on the cellar steps. |
| It was useless, however, to cry over spilt milk, or to murmur against the mysterious decrees of Providence. |
| It was useless, however, to cry over spilt milk, and all my thought now was to get back to the hotel in safety. |
| But the mishap had happened, and according to the old proverb it was of no use to cry over spilt milk. |
| I gave him the Spanish equivalent for our adage not to cry over spilt milk, adding that I preferred his room to his company. |
