tears
UK /tɪəz/US /tɪɹz/
- noun 1
- exclamation 1
- phrases 8
noun1
exclamation1
Phrases with tears
- blood, sweat and tearsA person's determination and hard work.
- burst into tearsTo suddenly start crying or sobbing.
- end in tearsTo end badly.
- move someone to tearsto cause to cry
- reduce someone to tearsTo cause to cry.
- tears before bedtimeHarm or damage that is incurred before a matter is concluded.
- two tears in a bucketUsed to express an acceptance of misfortune.
- vale of tearsThe world, a place where difficulties and the sorrows of life are felt, especially (Christianity) as a place to be left behind when one dies and goes to heaven.