Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk

Don't cry over spilled milk is one of the most popular proverbs/idioms spoken in the world. Almost every language uses this idiom in their daily life.

Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Meaning Of Idiom

Don't cry over spilled milk, it means what is the use of repenting after the passage of time? That is, regretting after the time has passed is pointless.

There must be some story associated with every proverb or idiom. We too had heard a story about the saying don't cry over spilled milk which is as follows -

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Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Story

There was a farmer, he had a little land. The farmer used to do farming with great dedication and hard work and used to feed his family. The farmer was slowly getting old, now he could not even work hard.

The farmer had a son who was young now but he could not work as hard as his father.

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One day the farmer called his son and said - "Son! Now I am old and now my hands and feet do not have as much strength as before. Now I can not do farming work. Now you are young and farming Along with you, you will also have to look after the household chores.

On the request of the father, the boy started looking after the work of farming, but due to being lazy. he did not work as hard as his father and used to postpone today's work to tomorrow.

The boy did a little hard work and prepared the crop in some way. When the crop was ready, the village elder said to the boy - "Son! The crop is ready to be harvested, now harvest it soon otherwise if a flock of animals or birds catches sight of it, then they can eat it.

The boy listened to the old man and said yes, but when he went to harvest the crop, he was in bad condition due to the strong sun and heat and he came from the field, saying that he would harvest the crop yesterday. The boy spent two days like this and did not harvest the crop.

Then from somewhere in the night a huge flock of birds came and ate all his crop. On the third day, when the boy came to the field, he started regretting seeing the condition of his crop by the flock of birds.

Then farmer came to the boy and started saying - "Don't cry over the spilled milk."

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