{"id":22735,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/understand-cry-over-spilt-milk-in-english-grammar\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:32","slug":"understand-cry-over-spilt-milk-in-english-grammar","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/understand-cry-over-spilt-milk-in-english-grammar\/","title":{"rendered":"Understand Cry over spilt milk in English Grammar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pick the correct meaning of the expression <strong>Cry over spilt milk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Shared opinions or interests<\/li>\n<li>Complain about something that cannot be changed<\/li>\n<li>Create excitement, surprise, or public discussion<\/li>\n<li>Speak directly about the main matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3212],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22735","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Cry over spilt milk<\/strong> means <strong>complain about something that cannot be changed<\/strong>. This answer is correct because the expression has a fixed figurative meaning in English. In an SSC idiom question, students should match the whole phrase with its accepted meaning rather than translate each word separately.<\/p><ul><li><strong>Classroom example:<\/strong> <em>Cry over spilt milk<\/em> can refer to a situation involving complain about something that cannot be changed.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Cry over spilt milk<\/em> when describing a situation involving complain about something that cannot be changed.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Cry over spilt milk<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201ccomplain about something that cannot be changed.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Shared opinions or interests"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Complain about something that cannot be changed"},{"right":"no","answer":"Create excitement, surprise, or public discussion"},{"right":"no","answer":"Speak directly about the main matter"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22735"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22735"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}