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Crocodile TearsFalse grief or fake tears to gain attentionRate it:

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tears of joyTo express general happiness through tears.Rate it:

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vale of tearsA symbolic "valley of tears"; meaning the world and the sorrows felt through life. Similar to the Old Testament Psalm 23's reference to the "valley of the shadow of death", the phrase implies that sadness is part of the physical world (i.e. part of human experience).Rate it:

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"those who know the sea of god do not water their lives with tears."TearsRate it:

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burst into tearsto suddenly start weepingRate it:

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reduce someone to tearsTo cause to cryRate it:

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tears aren't very lubeyTears don't make very good lube.Rate it:

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two tears in a bucketused to express acceptance of misfortuneRate it:

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vent out one's blood, sweat and tearsA person's determination and hard work.Rate it:

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dolorem in lacrimas effundereto find relief in tears.Rate it:

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cry me a riverAn admonishment, reminder, chiding, demand or ejaculation addressed to an individual whom evinces sadness. seemingly suffers disappointment, disillusionment, distress, and renders a general resentment toward the people in this world with a constant flow of tears.Rate it:

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tear upTo shed tears.Rate it:

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crack-upOne can 'crack-up' emotionally with laughter or tears as a result of an observation, a joke, a story, a scene, a sequence in a movie, opera, stage play or animal, baby or children;s antics:Rate it:

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fletum cohibere non posseto be hardly able to restrain one's tears.Rate it:

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hinc illae lacrimae (proverb.) (Ter. And. 1. 1. 99; Cael. 25. 61)hence these tears; there's the rub.Rate it:

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in lacrimas effundi or lacrimis perfundito be bathed in tears.Rate it:

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jeu de mains, jeu de vilains1. Horse-play is not gentlemanly. 2. Rough play often ends in tears.Rate it:

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lacrimae simulataecrocodiles' tears.Rate it:

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lacrimas or fletum alicui movereto move to tears.Rate it:

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lacrimas tenere non posseto be hardly able to restrain one's tears.Rate it:

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lacrimas, vim lacrimarum effundere, profundereto burst into a flood of tears.Rate it:

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lacrimis obortiswith tears in one's eyes.Rate it:

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lacrimula (Planc. 31. 76)crocodiles' tears.Rate it:

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magno cum fletuwith many tears.Rate it:

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multis cum lacrimiswith many tears.Rate it:

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queen elizabeth iiOnly two affectionate eyes of one woman, were able to make the entire planet go to tears - – Queen Elizabeth IIRate it:

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vix me contineo quin lacrimemto be hardly able to restrain one's tears.Rate it:

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vix mihi tempero quin lacrimemto be hardly able to restrain one's tears.Rate it:

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內牛滿面to be so moved or excited that there are tears streaming down one's faceRate it:

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