Brexit Metaphor No 95.
There is no use crying over spilt milk, say the British. If the bottle of milk is Britain's EU membership, spilt milk is Brexit. And once Brexit has been set in progress, it is difficult to reverse it, just like it is difficult to put back spilt milk into the bottle .So "don't cry over spilt milk" could also be used by Brexitteers when talking to Remainers: the 2016 referendum is the will of the people, EU membership is about to be over, get over it.
However, spilling milk is a relatively benign way of destroying the contents of a bottle. What if Brexit turns out to be not merely spilt milk but burnt milk? If you have ever burnt milk on a hot plate, you know how badly it stinks. What if Brexit causes damage to the economy just like burnt milk stinks up the whole house? What if the damage affects not only the British economy but also the EU, just like burnt milk in an apartment building can stink up all the neighbours?
Ireland, the Netherlands, France, Germany and Spain have a lot to lose in the case of Hard Brexit. So they are probably wondering: why did Britain have to spill its milk on a hot tin roof? Couldn't it have just poured it down the drain?
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| Milk bottle (Source: Wikipedia) |
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