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Snazzyviper -

Hi all, I wonder if anyone could help me!?

I have seen the following on a website and thought it would look good as a tattoo on my lower
underside forearm! The site I saw it on did say what it means, but I wanted to make sure it's
correct as I can't rub it out if I have it done and it turns out to mean something else!!!

Anyway, here is what I would like translated please-



I changed two of the characters to red as I thought it would look better!

Thanks for any help you can give.



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skylee -

No use crying over spilt milk.










in_lab -

literal translation (from Dr. Eye): Spilt water can't be gathered up










Snazzyviper -

Hi, thanks for taking the time to reply

This was on the site where I saw the saying/characters-


Quote:

No use crying over spilled milk, meaning what's done is done and cannot be undone!

So it looks like the translation is correct

The reason why I liked it, is because years ago my mum and dad had just bought a new carpet and I
dropped a drink on it I was shi**ing myself because I thought that I was going to get told off,
but instead my mum just turned around and said "Don't worry about it, what's done is done" and
that has always stayed with me! (don't ask me why!)

I also thought that it was such an appropriate sentiment for a tattoo, "what's done is done and
cannot be undone"

But as you look at it, it reads No use crying over spilled milk what if people (who can understand
it) don't understand the what's done is done meaning!!!!

Hmmmmm, so do you think that it would look/read ok or not?

Any thoughts appreciated?










Strawberries513 -

yeah but the font looks odd to me though. but go ahead.










preyer -

It does have the meaning you mentioned ,but as a tattoo it may implies kind of regret about
something,










Snazzyviper -

Sorry but i forgot to ask, i saw the letters in black, by changing two of them to red, does that
alter any of the meaning at all?

Thanks










imron -

No the meaning doesn't change










skylee -

The phrase has a negative connotation. It does not really imply that you should relax because you
cannot undo what is done. It implies that something bad/regrettable has happened and there is
nothing you can do to change/rectify it.

If you tattoo it on your body, and later you find that you don't like it anymore or that it does
not really mean what you thought it did and you regret it, then that is exactly what the phrase
means.










HashiriKata -



Quote:

If you tattoo it on your body, and later you find that you don't like it anymore or that it does
not really mean what you thought it did and you regret it, then that is exactly what the phrase
means.

This kind of (small) tatoos can be taken off quite cleanly nowadays, actually.












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