tears イディオム

crocodile tears

a show of sorrow that is not really felt He cried crocodile tears when he discovered that he couldn

move you to tears

cause you to feel sadness or sympathy, touch you The songs in Gorecki's Third Symphony will move you to tears.

reduce to tears

ask hurtful questions until someone cries The lawyer's hurtful questions soon reduced Karla to tears.

smile through one's tears

smile while weeping破涕为笑
Hearing of his arrival，she smiled through her tears．听说他来了，她破涕为笑。

vale of tears

Idiom(s): vale of tears

Theme: LIFE

the earth; mortal life on earth. (A "valley" of tears.)
• When it comes time for me to leave this vale of tears, I hope I can leave some worthwhile memories behind.
• Uncle Fred left this vale of tears early this morning.

shed crocodile tears

Idiom(s): shed crocodile tears AND cry crocodile tears

Theme: DECEPTION

to shed false tears; to pretend that one is weeping.
• The child wasn't hurt, but she shed crocodile tears anyway.
• He thought he could get his way if he cried crocodile tears.

burst into tears

Idiom(s): burst into tears AND burst out crying

Theme: CRYING

to begin to cry suddenly.
• After the last notes of her song, the audience burst into tears, such was its beauty and tenderness.
• The brother and sister burst into tears on hearing of the death of their dog.
• Some people find themselves bursting out crying for no reason at all.

break into tears

Idiom(s): break (out) in(to) tears

Theme: CRYING

to start crying suddenly.
• I was so sad that I broke out into tears.
• I always break into tears at a funeral.
• It's hard not to break out in tears under those circumstances.

blood, sweat, and tears

Idiom(s): blood, sweat, and tears

Theme: EFFORT

the signs of great personal effort. (Fixed order.)
• There will be much blood, sweat, and tears before we have completed this project.
• After years of blood, sweat, and tears, Timmy finally earned a college degree.

cry crocodile tears

Blood, sweat and tears

If something will take blood, sweat and tears, it will be very difficult and will require a lot of effort and sacrifice.

Tears before bedtime

(UK) This idiom is used when something seems certain to go wrong or cause trouble.

bore to tears|bore|tear|tears

v. phr. To fill with tired dislike; tire by dullness or the same old thing bore. The party was dull and Roger showed plainly that he was bored to tears. Mary loved cooking, but sewing bores her to tears.

burst into tears|burst|tear|tears

v. phr. To suddenly start crying. Mary burst into tears when she heard that her brother was killed in a car accident.

crocodile tears|crocodile|tear|tears

n. Pretended grief; a show of sorrow that is not really felt. When his rich uncle died, leaving him his money, John shed crocodile tears. (From the old legend that crocodiles make weeping sounds to attract victims and then shed tears while eating them.)