cry over spilt milk

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cry over spilt milk

To pointlessly lament a misfortune that cannot be undone.

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'They usually cry over spilt milk after every massacre takes place.

President Masood Khan said Pakistan had warned the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) of Indian carnage plan in Occupied Kashmir (IOK)

In a post-earnings research note titled "In This Case, It's Okay to Cry over Spilt Milk," JPMorgan analyst Ken Goldman says Dean Foods announced Q4 earnings below consensus, the suspension of its dividend, the suspension of guidance, and a strategic review.

Avoid the 'temptation' to buy Dean Foods on takeout thesis, says JPMorgan

Fury, who was fighting for the third time in three years, said: "It is what it is, I'm not going to cry over spilt milk."

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Politicians who have supported PFI schemes in Parliament can't 'cry over spilt milk' when the very same schemes then affect their own areas.

Timebomb of PFI schemes NO [...]

True, but perhaps if you can't cry over spilt milk, there is an opportunity to laugh about it.

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He was talking to media outside parliament on Friday; Mushahid Ullah said that opposition is making hue and cry over spilt milk. The Senator added that opposition is making noise over his (Chaudhry Nisar's) minor mistake.