turn on the waterworks

informalCRY to start crying in order to get sympathy 〔为博取同情而〕哭起来

‘Don’t turn on the waterworks, ’ he sighed.

“别哭了。”他叹了口气说。

Examples from the Corpus

turn on the waterworks• She was one of those people who could turn on the waterworks in order to get what they want.• Before Reagan turned on the waterworks, crying in public was widely considered a sign of weakness.

→ turn on the waterworks at waterworks(1)

单词	turn on the waterworks
释义	turn on the waterworks turn on the waterworks informalCRY to start crying in order to get sympathy 〔为博取同情而〕哭起来 ‘Don’t turn on the waterworks, ’ he sighed. “别哭了。”他叹了口气说。 Examples from the Corpus turn on the waterworks• She was one of those people who could turn on the waterworks in order to get what they want.• Before Reagan turned on the waterworks, crying in public was widely considered a sign of weakness. → turn on the waterworks at waterworks(1)
随便看	think badly of somebody think badly of somebody/something think badly of something think badly of sth think better of it think big thinker thinker thinkers thinker, the think fit think fit to do think fit to do something think fit to do sth think for yourself think highly of think highly of sb think highly of somebody think highly of somebody/something think highly of something think highly of sth think ill of think ill of sb think ill of somebody thinking