cry over spilt milk

1. To dwell pointlessly on past misfortunes: “I know you wish that you'd handled the project more efficiently, but there's no use crying over spilt milk.”

Example Sentences

“Don’t cry over spilt milk, honey,” says Mom.

From Literature

“We are not going to continue to cry over spilt milk,” he said.

From The Guardian

You know the saying "don't cry over spilt milk?"

From BBC

“But we didn’t, so what are you going to do, cry over spilt milk? We wanted to win eight and we didn’t win eight. When you come up short, you’re disappointed - unless you make excuses.”

From Washington Times

"Well, it is no good crying over spilt milk," she said.

From Project Gutenberg