| 词组 | cry |
| 释义 | cry verb ▶ cry a river to regret something deeply US
used ironically by, or of, someone whose artistic work is a commercial success yet attracts adverse criticism US, 1984 Credited to musician and entertainer (Wladziu Valentino) Liberace who, from the mid-1950s, enjoyed great popular success and, in the face of critical disdain, quipped and then included the following quotation in his stage act: “When the reviews are bad I tell my staff that they can join me as I cry all the way to the bank.” The phrase survives but has also become the more straightforward “laugh all the way to the bank.”▶ cry Bert to vomit AUSTRALIA
to proclaim a family financial disaster CANADA The Historical Dictionary American Slang records this term in use in the US, but with the meaning “a cheap, powerful liquor” only.
to vomit AUSTRALIA Self-descriptive of its echoic origins.
to weep long and bitterly UK, 1704
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