cry one's eyes out

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)

1. (idiomatic) To weep for an elongated time, or in an excessive manner.

   Synonym: weep buckets

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (idiomatic) To moan.

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