21x20 Media presents
Crying Over Spilled Milk
A cat knocks over a glass of milk, the glass stays calm, and where "crying over spilled milk" comes from.
He is still half full.
James Howell wrote down "No weeping for shed milk" in his 1659 collection of English proverbs, when shed meant spilled, and the saying was probably old even then. Jonathan Swift had "'Tis a folly to cry for spilt milk" in 1738, and in China an old story about Jiang Ziya says spilled water can't be gathered.
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Studio21x20 Media
FormatAnimated short
Runtime1 minute, 13 seconds
Published
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