Spilt Milk

Primary 3 STELLAR Reader · Unit 8 / 9

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🥛 The Idiom: "Don't cry over spilt milk"

This idiom means we should not worry or be sad about something bad that has already happened and cannot be changed. In the story, the children lose most of their picnic food. Hana uses this idiom to tell everyone to cheer up and make the best of it.
这个习语的意思是:不要为已经发生且无法改变的事难过。在故事里,孩子们失去了大部分野餐食物。哈娜用这个习语告诉大家振作起来,接受现实。

More examples / 更多例句:

  • I dropped my ice cream, but I won't cry over spilt milk. 我把冰淇淋掉了,但我不会为此难过。
  • It's no use crying over spilt milk; let's clean it up. 为打翻的牛奶哭泣没有用;我们来清理干净吧。