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单词 turn on the waterworks
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turn on the waterworks


Start to weep, as in Whenever Dad refuses a request of hers she turns on the waterworks. This term implies that one begins to weep deliberately, as though switching on a system of pipes connected to reservoirs.

Words nearby turn on the waterworks

turn one's back on, turn one's hand to, turn one's head, turn one's stomach, turn on one's heel, turn on the waterworks, turnout, turn out all right, turnover, turn over a new leaf, turnover flap
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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