cry one's eyes out

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English

Alternative forms

cry one's heart out

Pronunciation

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Verb

cry one's eyes out (third-person singular simple present cries one's eyes out, present participle crying one's eyes out, simple past and past participle cried one's eyes out)

(idiomatic) To weep for an elongated time, or in an excessive manner.
Synonym: weep buckets

Translations

to weep for an elongated time

Finnish: itkeä silmät päästään
French: pleurer à chaudes larmes (fr), pleurer à mouchoir que veux-tu, pleurer comme une madeleine (fr), pleurer toutes les larmes de son corps (fr)
German: sich die Augen ausweinen (de)
Icelandic: hágráta
Ido: ploregar (io)
Polish: wypłakiwać oczy impf
Spanish: llorar como una Magdalena, llorar a moco tendido
Swedish: störtgråta

to moan — see moan

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