It is no use doing [to do]...

It is no use doing [to do]...
((略式))…してもむだである《◆(1) there is no use (in) doingともいう. (2) to doを誤りとする人もいるが, 今ではよく用いられる》

It is no ~ crying over spilled [((主に英)) spilt] milk. ((ことわざ))こぼれた牛乳を嘆いてもどうにもならない; 「覆(ふく)水盆に返らず」《◆(1)Crying over spilled milk is no ~. ともいう. (2)「嘆いてもどうにもならないからあきらめろ」, というより「もう一度がんばってやってみろ」, という激励の気持が強い》

I thought it no ~ pretending that I had not seen him. 私が彼に会わなかったふりをしてもむだだろうと思った.


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