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21 снявши голову, по волосам не плачут
• СНЯВШИ ГОЛОВУ, ПО ВОЛОСАМ НЕ ПЛАЧУТ[saying]=====⇒ after an irreparable act has been committed or a permanent loss suffered, it is futile to grieve over it (or insignificant details related to it):- ≈ if you sell the cow, you sell her milk;- there is no use (point, sense) (in) crying over spilt < spilled> milk.♦ "Я боюсь, что тут мы будем больше на виду, чем в Москве, откуда бежали в поисках незаметности. Конечно, делать теперь нечего. Снявши голову, по волосам не плачут. Но лучше не высказываться, скрываться, держаться скромнее" (Пастернак 1). "I am afraid that after leaving Moscow to escape notice, we are going to be even more conspicuous here. Not that there is anything to be done about it, and there certainly isn't any sense in crying over spilt milk. But we'd better stay in the background and keep quiet" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > снявши голову, по волосам не плачут
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22 плакать над убежавшим молоком
General subject: (There's no use или stop) crying over spilled milk, (There's no use или stop) crying over spilt milkУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > плакать над убежавшим молоком
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КУСАТЬ (СЕБЕ) ЛОКТИ coll VP subj: human to regret bitterly having made a mistake (that cannot be put right), having missed a chance (that may not come again) etc: X кусал (себе) локти - X could have kicked himselfнечего локти кусать - itfs no use (there is no point (in)) crying over spilt milk.(Володя:) Любишь ты ее?.. Так в чём дело, дядя? Держи и не выпускай! Всю жизнь потом себе не простишь, увидишь!.. Потом локти будешь кусать, точно тебе говорю!.. (Рощин 1). (V.:) D'you love her?...Then what's wrong, chum? Hold on to her and never let her go! Otherwise you'll never forgive yourself as long as you live, mark my words.'...You're going to kick yourself for this... (1b). -
24 кусать локти
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to regret bitterly having made a mistake (that cannot be put right), having missed a chance (that may not come again) etc:♦ [Володя:] Любишь ты ее?.. Так в чом дело, дядя? Держи и не выпускай! Всю жизнь потом себе не простишь, увидишь!.. Потом локти будешь кусать, точно тебе говорю!.. (Рощин 1). [V.:] D'you love her?...Then what's wrong, chum? Hold on to her and never let her go! Otherwise you'll never forgive yourself as long as you live, mark my words!...You're going to kick yourself for this... (1b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > кусать локти
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25 кусать себе локти
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to regret bitterly having made a mistake (that cannot be put right), having missed a chance (that may not come again) etc:♦ [Володя:] Любишь ты ее?.. Так в чом дело, дядя? Держи и не выпускай! Всю жизнь потом себе не простишь, увидишь!.. Потом локти будешь кусать, точно тебе говорю!.. (Рощин 1). [V.:] D'you love her?...Then what's wrong, chum? Hold on to her and never let her go! Otherwise you'll never forgive yourself as long as you live, mark my words!...You're going to kick yourself for this... (1b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > кусать себе локти
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it is no use crying over spilt milk — • it is no use crying over spilt milk • to cry over spilt milk cry or complain about something that has already happened Don t cry over spilt milk. You can never change the past. (from Idioms in Speech) to spend time uselessly regretting… … Idioms and examples
it is no use crying over spilt milk — It is pointless to repine when it is too late to remedy the misfortune. 1659 J. HOWELL Proverbs (British) 40 No weeping for shed milk. 1738 SWIFT Polite Conversation i. 27 ‘I would cry my Eyes out.’.. ‘’Tis a Folly to cry for spilt Milk.’ 1884 J … Proverbs new dictionary
It's no use crying over spilt milk. — It s no good/use crying over spilt milk. something that you say which means you should not get upset about something bad that has happened that you cannot change. Sometimes I regret not taking that job in London. Oh well, there s no point crying… … New idioms dictionary
it's no use crying over spilt milk — ► it s no use crying over spilt milk proverb there is no point in regretting something which has already happened. Main Entry: ↑milk … English terms dictionary
it's no use crying over spilt milk — I it s no use crying over spilt (or spilled) milk see milk II it s no use crying over spilt (or spilled) milk proverb there is no point in regretting something that has already happened and cannot be changed or reversed … Useful english dictionary
It's no good crying over spilt milk. — It s no good/use crying over spilt milk. something that you say which means you should not get upset about something bad that has happened that you cannot change. Sometimes I regret not taking that job in London. Oh well, there s no point crying… … New idioms dictionary
no\ use\ crying\ over\ spilled\ milk — • cry over spilled milk • cry over spilt milk • no use crying over spilled milk • no use crying over spilt milk v. phr. informal To cry or complain about something that has already happened; be unhappy about something that cannot be helped. You… … Словарь американских идиом
cry over spilt milk — • it is no use crying over spilt milk • to cry over spilt milk cry or complain about something that has already happened Don t cry over spilt milk. You can never change the past. (from Idioms in Speech) to spend time uselessly regretting… … Idioms and examples
cry\ over\ spilt\ milk — • cry over spilled milk • cry over spilt milk • no use crying over spilled milk • no use crying over spilt milk v. phr. informal To cry or complain about something that has already happened; be unhappy about something that cannot be helped. You… … Словарь американских идиом
cry\ over\ spilled\ milk — • cry over spilled milk • cry over spilt milk • no use crying over spilled milk • no use crying over spilt milk v. phr. informal To cry or complain about something that has already happened; be unhappy about something that cannot be helped. You… … Словарь американских идиом
cry over spilled milk — phrasal : to express vain regrets for what cannot be recovered or undone : complain uselessly * * * cry over spilled milk (US) (or chiefly Brit cry over spilt milk) informal : to be upset about something that has happened and that cannot be… … Useful english dictionary