XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.puzzles   
   From: HenHanna@NewsGrouper   
      
   "Carl G."  posted:   
      
   > On 7/20/2025 1:38 PM, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:   
   > >   
   > >>>>    By the way: Has English an expression something like:   
   > >   
   > >                 It's no use crying over spilt milk   
   >   
   >   
   > My understanding is that prognosticators in the Middle Ages found that   
   > it was futile to try to see the future by peering into spilt milk   
   > instead of water.  This resulted in the adage "It's no use scrying over   
   > spilt milk."   
   > :)   
      
      
   Thanks!   --- didn't know that verb,   [to Scry] -- I'll ask my AI   
      
   https://alt.usage.english.narkive.com/   
   Shows  another response  in this thread... Thank you for that too.   
      
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