cry someone a river

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Probably from the song Cry Me a River (1953).

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: pillittää — to weep profusely or excessively in the presence of another person
• Finnish: voi kyynel — to weep profusely or excessively in the presence of another person
• German: jemandem ordentlich was vorheulen — to weep profusely or excessively in the presence of another person
• Italian: piagnucolare — to weep profusely or excessively in the presence of another person
• Polish: popłakać się — to weep profusely or excessively in the presence of another person
• Walloon: tchoûler come ene Madlinne — to weep profusely or excessively in the presence of another person
• Finnish: kitistä — to try to obtain the sympathy of another person by complaining or sniveling
• German: auf die Tränendrüse drücken — to try to obtain the sympathy of another person by complaining or sniveling
• Polish: nie popłacz się — to try to obtain the sympathy of another person by complaining or sniveling
• Spanish: qué pena me das — to try to obtain the sympathy of another person by complaining or sniveling