tiger‘s milk Idioma

cry over spilt milk

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

tiger('s) milk

slang Used in advertence to assorted adamantine liquors, abnormally gin, whiskey, or brandy. The little nipper's got a cold? Put a few drops of tiger milk in his canteen and he'll accept it exhausted in no time. Let's accompany a brace bottles of tiger's milk with us to alcohol about the bivouac at night.Learn more: milk

tiger‘s milk

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