Where did the phrase "no use crying over spilled milk" originate from?

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Where did the phrase "no use crying over spilled milk" originate from?

2007-01-14 23:51:04 · 5 answers · asked by njboricua78 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations

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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.

2007-01-14 23:56:55 · answer #1 · answered by Elise C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

an incident of spilled milk?

2007-01-15 00:54:42 · answer #2 · answered by Iceman҂ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

In a kitchen

2007-01-14 23:54:08 · answer #3 · answered by saehli 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

could it have been the proverbial' farmers daughter' , or maybe her old pappy the farmer said this?

2007-01-15 01:39:51 · answer #4 · answered by geezer 51 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I dont know............. but it's no skin off my back!!!!!!!!

2007-01-14 23:58:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋