n.
milk fermented by bacteria; used to treat gastrointestinal disorders

of (someone's) ilk Idiom, Proverb

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?

of (someone's) ilk

Of the aforementioned type, class, or affectionate as someone. You can bet that, down on the docks, there are a abundant abounding men of his ilk dabbling about at night.Learn more: ilk, of

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come apart at the seams come and gone Come and get it! coffee, tea, or milk coffee and Danish cock-and-bull story cock of the walk coat and tie coast-to-coast clutch at straws clue sb in cloud up odd one out oddball odd-bod odds odds and ends odds and sods odds are against one odds are, the odds bodkins odd's bodkins odds-on odds-on favorite odor odor of sanctity odor of sanctity, the odour odour of sanctity ODTAA of of (one's) choice of (one's) dreams of (one's) life of (one's) own accord of (one's) own free will of (one's) own making of (someone's) ilk of a certain age of a kind of a kind/sort of a lifetime of a mind to (do something) of a morning/afternoon/evening of a piece of a single mind of a single mind about (someone or something) of a size of a sort of a sudden of a/an/the (something) persuasion of a/the... persuasion of age of all people of all people/places/things of all places of all the of all the cheek, nerve, stupid things to do, etc.! of all the nerve Of all the nerve! of all things Of all things! of all time