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(dated) Do not cry over spilt milk; what has already happened cannot be changed or repaired.

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the mill cannot grind with water that is past

Source Word

the mill cannot grind with water that is past

Proverb

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(dated) Do not cry over spilt milk; what has already happened cannot be changed or repaired.

Japanese Meaning

過ぎたことは取り返せない。 / 一度起こった事はもう変えることができない。 / 起こってしまったことを悔やんでも仕方がない。

After the project failed, he kept telling himself the mill cannot grind with water that is past.

プロジェクトが失敗した後、彼は「こぼれた牛乳を嘆いても仕方がない」と自分に言い聞かせ続けた。

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(dated) Do not cry over spilt milk; what has already happened cannot be changed or repaired.