weep

enough to make the angels weep

So terrible, distressing, or grievous as to shake the foundations of one's faith or hope. The tragedy of those two young boys' deaths is enough to make the angels weep.

laugh and the (whole) world laughs with you(; weep and you weep alone)

proverb People like to be around those who are happy (but not those who are sad or morose). I know he's still hurting from the breakup, but John's misery has made him really hard to be around. Like they say, laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.

read 'em and weep

Look at these results, which clearly show that I am the winner and you are the loser. A clichéd expression that is especially commonly used during card games. Ha! Read 'em and weep—a royal flush! I win! A: "There's no way that you got cast in the lead role—my audition was way better than yours!" B: "Read 'em and weep, there's my name right at the top of the list!"

See also: and, read, weep

read it and weep

Look at these results, which clearly show that I am the winner and you are the loser. A clichéd expression that is especially common in card games. Ha! Read it and weep—a royal flush! I win! A: "There's no way that you got cast in the lead role—my audition was way better than yours!" B: "Read it and weep, there's my name right at the top of the list!"

See also: and, read, weep

weep (one's) heart out

To weep copiously; to cry intensely and for a long time. Lauren wept her heart out at the news of her father's sudden death. What did you say to upset your brother? He's been weeping his heart out upstairs for the last half hour!

weep about (someone or something)

1. To shed tears, especially of sadness, because of someone or something. She's up in her room weeping about her boyfriend. He just left for college this morning. Toddlers will weep about the smallest bump or scrape, then turn around the next moment laughing their heads off. Oh, for goodness' sake, what are you weeping about now?

2. To express grief, anguish, or emotional distress about someone or something; to lament or mourn for someone or something. Plenty of politicians will weep about these tragedies, but few take any meaningful action to prevent them in the future. The whole city wept about the young man who was lost in the accident.

See also: weep

weep buckets

To weep copiously; to cry intensely and for a long time. Everyone wept buckets during the funeral. What did you say to upset your brother? He's been weeping buckets upstairs for the last half hour!

weep for (someone or something)

1. To shed tears of sadness because of someone or something. She's up in her room weeping for her boyfriend. He just left for college this morning. Toddlers will weep for the smallest bump or scrape, then turn around the next moment laughing their heads off. Oh, for goodness' sake, what are you weeping for now?

2. To shed tears because of some very intense emotion. We all wept for joy to see our older brother again after four years in the army. The child wept for fear in the inky blackness of her grandmother's creaky old house.

3. To express grief, anguish, or emotional distress for, because of, or on behalf of someone or something. Plenty of politicians make a point of weeping for such tragedies in public, but few take any meaningful action to prevent them in the future. The whole city wept for the young man who was lost in the accident.

4. To desire or yearn for someone or something to a painful degree. I spent most of my adolescence and early 20s weeping for someone to call the love of my life. She's always wept for a big sister, and I think your friendship fulfills that need for her in some capacity.

See also: weep

weep millstones

Said hyperbolically of one who is deemed so cold and indifferent as to be unable to cry tears. I've never seen Claire show any emotion—in fact, she probably weeps millstones. Why didn't you comfort that poor little girl? Do you weep millstones?

weep over (someone or something)

1. To shed tears, especially of sadness, because of someone or something. She's up in her room weeping over her boyfriend. He just left for college this morning. Toddlers will weep over the smallest bump or scrape, then turn around the next moment laughing their heads off. Oh, for goodness' sake, what are you weeping over now?

2. To express grief, anguish, or emotional distress for someone or something; to lament or mourn for someone or something. Plenty of politicians will weep over these tragedies in public, but few take any meaningful action to prevent them in the future. The whole city wept over the young man who was lost in the accident.

weep with (something)

To shed tears because of some very intense emotion. We all wept with joy to see our older brother again after four years in the army. The child wept with fear in the inky blackness of her grandmother's creaky old house.

See also: weep

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone.

Prov. When you are happy, people will want to be around you and share your happiness, but when you are sad, people will avoid you. Nancy: When Harry and I were dating, all our friends invited us places and called to say hello. Now that we've broken up, they treat me as if I don't exist. Jane: Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone.

See also: alone, and, laugh, weep, world

read it and weep

Fig. read the bad news; hear the bad news. I'm sorry to bring you the bad news. Read it and weep.

See also: and, read, weep

weep about someone or something

to cry about someone or something; to mourn someone or something. She was weeping about her grandfather, who had passed away in the night. There is no use weeping about spilled milk.

See also: weep

weep for joy

Fig. to cry out of happiness. She was so happy, she wept for joy. We all wept for joy at the safe return of the child.

weep for (someone or an animal)

to cry out of sorrow for someone or an animal. She wept for her puppy when it was terribly sick. Please don't weep for me after I'm gone.

See also: weep

weep over someone or something

to cry about someone or something. No need to weep over me. I'll do all right. There is no point in weeping over something you can't do anything about.

laugh and the world laughs with you

Keep your sense of humor and people will sympathize with you, as in She's always cheerful and has dozens of friends; laugh and the world laughs with you. This expression actually is part of an ancient Latin saying that concludes, weep and the world weeps with you. The current version, with the ending weep and you weep alone (meaning "you'll get no sympathy in your sorrow"), first appeared in 1883 in Ella Wilcox's poem "Solitude." O. Henry used a slightly different version: "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and they give you the laugh" ( The Count and the Wedding Guest, 1907).

weep buckets

Cry copiously, as in That sad tale of unrequited love always made her weep buckets. [Colloquial]

read 'em and weep

You won't be happy with this news. You're playing poker, and at the end of a hand you hold a full house, aces high. Only you and another player are left in the round. You lay down your hand, and just as you're about to reach for the substantial amount of money in the pot, the other player lays down his cards and says smugly, “Read 'em and weep.” It's a straight flush. Although the phrase is most commonly heard in card games, it has been used in other situations, such as when a garage mechanic with a distorted sense of humor hands you a staggeringly large bill for his services.

See also: and, read, weep

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

See also:

enough to make the angels weep
gut-wrenching
wrench
unburden
unburden (oneself) to (someone)
unburden oneself to
shake hands with the unemployed
a trouble shared is a trouble halved
trouble shared is trouble halved
shake up

References in periodicals archive

Aside from learning how to weep, the pontiff also called on the youth to learn how to love.

Girl asks Pope Francis: Why does God allow bad things to happen to children?

But maybe it is just that this incarnated One, who is most human in his weeping, weeps because of his genuine compassion and concern for these people we know he loves.

All Saints Sunday November 5, 2006

Bad news, physical pain, financial problems, stress and relationships also led to tears, while marriage makes one in four girls weep.

Scots are top of the sobs

As we look at ourselves and at our hungry, poor, abused, and war-torn world, do we weep? Are we appalled at the evil around us and at the evil lodged securely in our own hearts?

The importance of being sorry

INCONSOLABLE: Jewish father Avi; DISTRAUGHT: Palestinian Khalil Mashal weeps over the body of his son Nafez; SHOT: Noam and Matan died in their beds

Divided by war, united by grief ..fathers of the innocent victims; MIDDLE EAST WEEPS FOR LOST KIDS

Shadow economic development minister Phil Williams said claims that the pounds 18.4m earmarked to develop Wales' broadband access would put Wales way ahead of the game made him almost "weep".

Plaid minister scorns moves to improve broadband access in Wales; bobdotcom

We must open ourselves to the God who weeps in the cries of the prophets and in the tears of Jesus over Jerusalem, the God who aches for us in our pain and moves in us and through us to labor for healing and wholeness.

Who are you?

MIRANDA Sawyer says that women won't weep now that The Premiership has been moved to the later time of 10.30pm (The Mirror, October 23).

MIRROR M@ILBOX: Wrongly pitched

THE QUEEN had a first open weep when she said a final farewell to her beloved yacht Britannia.

The weep that was; CLINTON JOINS BLUB CLUB

DOES God weep at the destruction man has wrought Does God lower his head and become distraught?

DOES GOD WEEP? Your Poem

And as the tiny coffins for the dead twins were carried out, followed by the older children, hundreds of mourners started to weep.

TOWN'S TEARS FOR TRAGIC FIRE FAMILY

Radiant, lyrical, and deeply moving, "She Weeps Each Time You're Born" is the unforgettable story of one woman's struggle to unearth the true history of Vietnam while also carving out a place for herself within it.

She Weeps Each Time You're Born

Thousands of faithful Christians have flocked to the small northern Israel town of Tarshiha to catch a glimpse of a statue of the Virgin Mary that reportedly "weeps" oil, the Daily Mail reports.

Weeping Virgin Mary Statue Draws Crowds to Northern Israeli Town of Tarshiha

earth and the earth weeps because it is happy, even in its terrible

Sentimentality

George Harrison's handwritten lyrics to the Beatles song While My Guitar Gently Weeps are going under the hammer with an estimated value of up to pounds 400,000.

Rare handwritten Beatles lyrics for sale

词组	weep
释义	weep enough to make the angels weep So terrible, distressing, or grievous as to shake the foundations of one's faith or hope. The tragedy of those two young boys' deaths is enough to make the angels weep. See also: angel, enough, make, weep laugh and the (whole) world laughs with you(; weep and you weep alone) proverb People like to be around those who are happy (but not those who are sad or morose). I know he's still hurting from the breakup, but John's misery has made him really hard to be around. Like they say, laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. See also: and, laugh, weep, world read 'em and weep Look at these results, which clearly show that I am the winner and you are the loser. A clichéd expression that is especially commonly used during card games. Ha! Read 'em and weep—a royal flush! I win! A: "There's no way that you got cast in the lead role—my audition was way better than yours!" B: "Read 'em and weep, there's my name right at the top of the list!" See also: and, read, weep read it and weep Look at these results, which clearly show that I am the winner and you are the loser. A clichéd expression that is especially common in card games. Ha! Read it and weep—a royal flush! I win! A: "There's no way that you got cast in the lead role—my audition was way better than yours!" B: "Read it and weep, there's my name right at the top of the list!" See also: and, read, weep weep (one's) heart out To weep copiously; to cry intensely and for a long time. Lauren wept her heart out at the news of her father's sudden death. What did you say to upset your brother? He's been weeping his heart out upstairs for the last half hour! See also: heart, out, weep weep about (someone or something) 1. To shed tears, especially of sadness, because of someone or something. She's up in her room weeping about her boyfriend. He just left for college this morning. Toddlers will weep about the smallest bump or scrape, then turn around the next moment laughing their heads off. Oh, for goodness' sake, what are you weeping about now? 2. To express grief, anguish, or emotional distress about someone or something; to lament or mourn for someone or something. Plenty of politicians will weep about these tragedies, but few take any meaningful action to prevent them in the future. The whole city wept about the young man who was lost in the accident. See also: weep weep buckets To weep copiously; to cry intensely and for a long time. Everyone wept buckets during the funeral. What did you say to upset your brother? He's been weeping buckets upstairs for the last half hour! See also: bucket, weep weep for (someone or something) 1. To shed tears of sadness because of someone or something. She's up in her room weeping for her boyfriend. He just left for college this morning. Toddlers will weep for the smallest bump or scrape, then turn around the next moment laughing their heads off. Oh, for goodness' sake, what are you weeping for now? 2. To shed tears because of some very intense emotion. We all wept for joy to see our older brother again after four years in the army. The child wept for fear in the inky blackness of her grandmother's creaky old house. 3. To express grief, anguish, or emotional distress for, because of, or on behalf of someone or something. Plenty of politicians make a point of weeping for such tragedies in public, but few take any meaningful action to prevent them in the future. The whole city wept for the young man who was lost in the accident. 4. To desire or yearn for someone or something to a painful degree. I spent most of my adolescence and early 20s weeping for someone to call the love of my life. She's always wept for a big sister, and I think your friendship fulfills that need for her in some capacity. See also: weep weep millstones Said hyperbolically of one who is deemed so cold and indifferent as to be unable to cry tears. I've never seen Claire show any emotion—in fact, she probably weeps millstones. Why didn't you comfort that poor little girl? Do you weep millstones? See also: millstone, weep weep over (someone or something) 1. To shed tears, especially of sadness, because of someone or something. She's up in her room weeping over her boyfriend. He just left for college this morning. Toddlers will weep over the smallest bump or scrape, then turn around the next moment laughing their heads off. Oh, for goodness' sake, what are you weeping over now? 2. To express grief, anguish, or emotional distress for someone or something; to lament or mourn for someone or something. Plenty of politicians will weep over these tragedies in public, but few take any meaningful action to prevent them in the future. The whole city wept over the young man who was lost in the accident. See also: over, weep weep with (something) To shed tears because of some very intense emotion. We all wept with joy to see our older brother again after four years in the army. The child wept with fear in the inky blackness of her grandmother's creaky old house. See also: weep Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone. Prov. When you are happy, people will want to be around you and share your happiness, but when you are sad, people will avoid you. Nancy: When Harry and I were dating, all our friends invited us places and called to say hello. Now that we've broken up, they treat me as if I don't exist. Jane: Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone. See also: alone, and, laugh, weep, world read it and weep Fig. read the bad news; hear the bad news. I'm sorry to bring you the bad news. Read it and weep. See also: and, read, weep weep about someone or something to cry about someone or something; to mourn someone or something. She was weeping about her grandfather, who had passed away in the night. There is no use weeping about spilled milk. See also: weep weep for joy Fig. to cry out of happiness. She was so happy, she wept for joy. We all wept for joy at the safe return of the child. See also: joy, weep weep for (someone or an animal) to cry out of sorrow for someone or an animal. She wept for her puppy when it was terribly sick. Please don't weep for me after I'm gone. See also: weep weep over someone or something to cry about someone or something. No need to weep over me. I'll do all right. There is no point in weeping over something you can't do anything about. See also: over, weep McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. laugh and the world laughs with you Keep your sense of humor and people will sympathize with you, as in She's always cheerful and has dozens of friends; laugh and the world laughs with you. This expression actually is part of an ancient Latin saying that concludes, weep and the world weeps with you. The current version, with the ending weep and you weep alone (meaning "you'll get no sympathy in your sorrow"), first appeared in 1883 in Ella Wilcox's poem "Solitude." O. Henry used a slightly different version: "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and they give you the laugh" ( The Count and the Wedding Guest, 1907). See also: and, laugh, world weep buckets Cry copiously, as in That sad tale of unrequited love always made her weep buckets. [Colloquial] See also: bucket, weep The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. read 'em and weep You won't be happy with this news. You're playing poker, and at the end of a hand you hold a full house, aces high. Only you and another player are left in the round. You lay down your hand, and just as you're about to reach for the substantial amount of money in the pot, the other player lays down his cards and says smugly, “Read 'em and weep.” It's a straight flush. Although the phrase is most commonly heard in card games, it has been used in other situations, such as when a garage mechanic with a distorted sense of humor hands you a staggeringly large bill for his services. See also: and, read, weep Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: enough to make the angels weep gut-wrenching wrench unburden unburden (oneself) to (someone) unburden oneself to shake hands with the unemployed a trouble shared is a trouble halved trouble shared is trouble halved shake up References in periodicals archive Aside from learning how to weep, the pontiff also called on the youth to learn how to love. Girl asks Pope Francis: Why does God allow bad things to happen to children? But maybe it is just that this incarnated One, who is most human in his weeping, weeps because of his genuine compassion and concern for these people we know he loves. All Saints Sunday November 5, 2006 Bad news, physical pain, financial problems, stress and relationships also led to tears, while marriage makes one in four girls weep. Scots are top of the sobs As we look at ourselves and at our hungry, poor, abused, and war-torn world, do we weep? Are we appalled at the evil around us and at the evil lodged securely in our own hearts? The importance of being sorry INCONSOLABLE: Jewish father Avi; DISTRAUGHT: Palestinian Khalil Mashal weeps over the body of his son Nafez; SHOT: Noam and Matan died in their beds Divided by war, united by grief ..fathers of the innocent victims; MIDDLE EAST WEEPS FOR LOST KIDS Shadow economic development minister Phil Williams said claims that the pounds 18.4m earmarked to develop Wales' broadband access would put Wales way ahead of the game made him almost "weep". Plaid minister scorns moves to improve broadband access in Wales; bobdotcom We must open ourselves to the God who weeps in the cries of the prophets and in the tears of Jesus over Jerusalem, the God who aches for us in our pain and moves in us and through us to labor for healing and wholeness. Who are you? MIRANDA Sawyer says that women won't weep now that The Premiership has been moved to the later time of 10.30pm (The Mirror, October 23). MIRROR M@ILBOX: Wrongly pitched THE QUEEN had a first open weep when she said a final farewell to her beloved yacht Britannia. The weep that was; CLINTON JOINS BLUB CLUB DOES God weep at the destruction man has wrought Does God lower his head and become distraught? DOES GOD WEEP? Your Poem And as the tiny coffins for the dead twins were carried out, followed by the older children, hundreds of mourners started to weep. TOWN'S TEARS FOR TRAGIC FIRE FAMILY Radiant, lyrical, and deeply moving, "She Weeps Each Time You're Born" is the unforgettable story of one woman's struggle to unearth the true history of Vietnam while also carving out a place for herself within it. She Weeps Each Time You're Born Thousands of faithful Christians have flocked to the small northern Israel town of Tarshiha to catch a glimpse of a statue of the Virgin Mary that reportedly "weeps" oil, the Daily Mail reports. Weeping Virgin Mary Statue Draws Crowds to Northern Israeli Town of Tarshiha earth and the earth weeps because it is happy, even in its terrible Sentimentality George Harrison's handwritten lyrics to the Beatles song While My Guitar Gently Weeps are going under the hammer with an estimated value of up to pounds 400,000. Rare handwritten Beatles lyrics for sale
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