Bedeutung: accredited milk

Markenmilch {m}

ilk Idiom

cry over spilt milk

cry about small accidents, cry instead of doing Children drop things and break them. Don't cry over spilt milk.

make a silk purse...

(See you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear)

milk it

take all it will give, get all you can from it, seize the opportunity I learned the mail-order business and milked the idea for all it was worth. I earned a lot of money.

milk run

airline route that stops at small cities From Vancouver, we took the milk run through Kelowna.

silkhead

bald person, chromedome If you were a silkhead, would you wear a toupee?

you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

"you cannot improve the quality of junk; cannot make gold from iron" "When Hal put a Mercedes star on his Ford, I said, ""You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."""

milk of human kindness

Idiom(s): milk of human kindness

Theme: KINDNESS

natural kindness and sympathy shown to others. (From Shakespeare's play Macbeth, I. v.)
• Mary is completely hard and selfish—she has no milk of human kindness in her.
• Roger is too full of the milk of human kindness and people take advantage of him.

make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

Idiom(s): make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

Theme: VALUE

to create something of value out of something of no value. (Often in the negative.)
• Don't bother trying to fix up this old bicycle. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
• My mother made a lovely jacket out of an old coat. She succeeded in making a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

cry over spilled milk

Idiom(s): cry over spilled milk

Theme: SORROW

to be unhappy about something that cannot be undone.
• I'm sorry that you broke your bicycle, Tom. But there is nothing that can be done now. Don't cry over spilled milk.
• Ann is always crying over spilled milk.

coffee, tea, or milk

Idiom(s): coffee, tea, or milk

Theme: FOOD

a choice of beverage. (Originally used by airline personnel when offering something to drink to the passengers. Fixed order.)
• She asked me if I wanted coffee, tea, or milk, and I chose just plain water.
• Would you prefer coffee, tea, or milk to go with your meal?

A monkey in silk is a monkey no less.

No matter how someone dresses, it's the same person underneath.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't express regret for something that has happened and cannot be remedied.

Don't cry over spilt milk

When something bad happens and nothing can be done to help it people say, 'Don't cry over spilt milk'.

It's no use crying over spilt milk

This idiom means that getting upset after something has gone wrong is pointless; it can't be changed so it should be accepted.

Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free

This idiom is usually used to refer to men who don't want to get married, when they can get all the benefits of marriage without getting married.

cry over spilt milk|cry|cry over spilled milk|milk

v. phr., informal To cry or complain about something that has already happened; be unhappy about something that cannot be helped. After the baby tore up Sue's picture book, Sue's mother told her there was no use crying over spilled milk. You have lost the game but don't cry over spilt milk.
Compare: MAKE ONE'S BED AND LIE IN IT, WATER OVER THE DAM or WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.

can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Be unable to turn something ugly or inferior into something attractive or of value, as in No matter how expensive his clothes, he still looks sloppy—you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. This expression was already a proverb in the mid-1500s.

cry over spilt milk, don't

cry over spilt milk, don't
Also, no use crying over spilt milk. Don't regret what cannot be undone or rectified, as in The papers you wanted went out in last week's trash, so don't cry over spilt milk. This metaphor for the inability to recover milk once it has been spilled is very old indeed, already appearing as a proverb in James Howell's Paroimiografia (1659). It is sometimes shortened to spilt milk.

make a silk purse

make a silk purse
see can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

milk

milk
In addition to the idiom beginning with milk, also see cry over spilt milk, don't.

milk of human kindness, the

milk of human kindness, the
Compassion, sympathy, as in There's no milk of human kindness in that girl—she's totally selfish. This expression was invented by Shakespeare in Macbeth (1:5), where Lady Macbeth complains that her husband “is too full of the milk of human kindness” to kill his rivals.

no use crying over spilt milk

no use crying over spilt milk
see cry over spilt milk, don't.

silk

silk
see can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear; smooth as silk.

smooth as silk

smooth as silk
Lacking impediments or obstacles, unhindered, as in The negotiations went smooth as silk. This simile alludes to the slippery quality of silk. [c. 1900] Also see smooth sailing.