cry over spilled milk
覆水难收,哭笑不得,哭丧着脸,泼出去的水再流回来
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- : an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young.
- : this liquid as secreted by cows, goats, or certain other animals and used by humans for food or as a source of butter, cheeses, yogurt, etc.
- : a glass, carton, etc., of cow's milk: We ordered two milks for the children.
- : any liquid resembling the milk of animals, as the liquid within a coconut, the juice or sap of certain plants, or various pharmaceutical or cosmetic preparations: the milk of the rubber tree;a gentle cleansing milk for your skin.
- : a whitish, potable liquid made of ground nuts, legumes, seeds, or grain blended with water and often a sweetener, used especially as a substitute for dairy milk, its main ingredient as specified:nut milks;almond milk;oat milk;rice milk.
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- : to press or draw milk from the udder or breast of.
- : to extract something from as if by milking: He'll milk the toothpaste from that tube until every last speck is gone.
- : to get something from; exploit: The swindler milked her of all her savings.
- : to extract; draw out: He's good at milking laughs from the audience.
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- : to yield milk, as a cow: We called the vet when two of our Holsteins suddenly stopped milking.
- : to milk a cow or other mammal.
Phrases
- milk of human kindness, the
- cry over spilt milk
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According to Van Eenennaam, the number of dairy cows in the United States decreased from around 25 million in the 1940s to around 9 million in 2007, while milk production has increased by nearly 60 percent.
Last week, the oat milk company raised $200mm at a $2bn valuation.
Of course, these milk samples might feel different in the mouth.
For producers, that creates a milk glut — at least until the supply chain can be reconfigured.
Without lactase, their bodies can’t properly digest the sugar found in milk.
And, with Coca-Cola announcing the launch of a new milk product, the beverage could be back in our hands before we know it.
He would shake a chilled Coke, and then spray the soda into a cold glass of milk.
Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.
Tosi has been using cereal milk as a flavor ever since 2007, and she says it taps into a universal “memory sensor.”
You can even buy containers of their Cereal Milk in select stores.
And right after that, some nice sour milk would come splashing down into the trough of the pen.
As soon as he was in it Squinty ran over to the trough, hoping there would be some sour milk in it.
He watched the man put some bread and milk in a tin pan, and set it down on the floor of the basket.
"Getting back home," answered Squinty, as he took a big drink of sour milk.
And Squinty thought acorns were just the best things he had ever tasted, except apples, and potatoes or perhaps sour milk.