词组 | cry |
释义 | cry 1. noun ► the crythe best US, 1955 2. verb ► cry a riverto regret something deeply US, 1994.► cry all the way to the bankused ironically by, or of, someone whose artistic work is a commercial success yet attracts adverse criticism. 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' US, 1984.► cry Bertto vomit AUSTRALIA, 1971.► cry blue ruinto proclaim a family financial disaster CANADA, 1959.► cry Ruthto vomit. Self-descriptive of its echoic origins AUSTRALIA, 1971.► cry your eyes out; cry your heart outto weep long and bitterly UK, 1704 cry off cry off • cry off sth BrE informal to decide not to do something that you have agreed or arranged to do: We'd arranged to go to Spain together and he cried off at the last moment. Josh cried off the trip to town, saying he had a headache.■ SIMILAR TO: drop out cry out cry out • cry out sth to suddenly shout something or make a loud noise, especially because you are afraid or in pain: Did you hear anyone scream or cry out? Sammy saw her in the distance and cried out her name.cry out in fear/horror/pain etc Even the smallest movement made him cry out in pain.■ SIMILAR TO: scream out cry out against cry out against sth to complain or protest strongly about something: People have been crying out against the use of chemicals on farm crops for years.■ SIMILAR TO: protestoutcry n C when a lot of people complain or protest strongly about something:+ against/over There was a public outcry over the decision to raise interest rates again. cry out for be crying out for sth/sb informal to need something very urgently: The country was crying out for a period of political peace. Small businesses are crying out for skilled workers. Our criminal justice system is crying out for change. cry/say uncle Informal To indicate a willingness to give up a fight or surrender: tickled my brother until he cried uncle. cry (one's)eyes/heart out To weep inconsolably for a long time. cried all the way to the bank, he/sheExulted in a sizable monetary gain from something that either had been criticized for lacking merit or simply had not been expected to yield much. This expression, always used ironically, originated in the United States about 1960. The popular pianist Liberace, criticized by serious musicians for his flashy, sentimental style, is said to have so replied to a detractor (as reported in his autobiography, published in 1973). A kindred expression, laughed all the way to the bank, is occasionally substituted.
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