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1 CRY
• Crying does not pay - Москва слезам не верит (M)• Crying will not mend matters - Москва слезам не верит (M), От слез ничего не прибудет (O), Слезами горю не поможешь b (C)• Don't cry before (till) you are hurt - Не реви раньше смерти (H)• Don't cry over spilled milk - Слезами горю не поможешь a (C), Что о том тужить, чего нельзя воротить (4)• Great cry and (but) little wool - Много слов, а мало дела (M)• It is no good crying over spilt milk - Что о том тужить, чего нельзя воротить (4)• It's the crying baby that gets the milk - Дитя не плачет - мать не разумеет (Д)• Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone - В радости сыщут, в горе забудут (B)• Much cry and little wool - Много слов, а мало дела (M)• There is no use crying over spilt milk - Слезами горю не поможешь a (C)• When we laugh, everyone sees; when we cry, no one sees - В радости сыщут, в горе забудут (B), В слезах никто не видит, а в песне всяк слышит (B) -
2 сделанного не воротишь
1) General subject: there is no use to cry over spilt milk, there's no use crying over spilt milk, there's no use crying spilt milk2) Set phrase: once away, the arrow won't fly backward, the fat is in the fire (дословно: Жир уже в огне (т.е. дело уже сделано и уже ничем не поможешь)), what is done cannot be undone, what is done cannot be undone (дословно: Что сделано, того не воротишь), what's done cannot be undoneУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сделанного не воротишь
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3 потерянного не воротишь
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > потерянного не воротишь
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4 Слезами горю не поможешь
a) It is по use indulging in sorrow that cannot be helped. See Что о том тужить, чего нельзя воротить (4); b) Tears and complaints are of no help, to find a way out you must act, not cry. See Москва слезам не верит (M)Var.: В слезах горя не утопишь. Плачем горю не поможешьCf:a) Don't cry over spilled milk (Am.). Don't grieve over spilt milk (Am.). Never grieve for what you cannot help (Br.). No weeping for shed milk (Am., Br.). Tears bring nobody back from the grave (Am.). There is no use crying over spilt milk (Br.). What's gone and what's past help should be past grief (Am.)b) Action is worry's worst enemy (Am.). Crying will not mend matters (Br.). A good relief for grief is action (Am.). The only cure for grief is action (Am.). Sorrow will pay no debts (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Слезами горю не поможешь
См. также в других словарях:
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 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\ 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
cry over spilled milk — or[cry over spilt 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… … Dictionary of American idioms
cry over spilled milk — or[cry over spilt 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… … Dictionary of American idioms
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 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
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 — cry1 W2S2 [kraı] v past tense and past participle cried present participle crying third person singular cries ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(produce tears)¦ 2¦(say loudly)¦ 3 cry over spilt milk 4 for crying out loud 5 cry foul 6¦(animal … Dictionary of contemporary English
cry — 1 /kraI/ verb past tense and past participle cried /kraId/ present participle crying 1 PRODUCE TEARS (I) to produce tears from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt: Don t cry, Laura. It s OK. | I always cry at weddings. (+… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
