| 单词 | to turn the tap on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn the tap(s) on (b) transitive. figurative. to turn the tap(s) on: to start weeping. Cf. to turn on the main at main n.1 Phrases 3, to turn on the waterworks at waterwork n. 5b(a). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)] > burst or dissolve into tears to burst a-weepc1275 distilc1374 still1412 to burst (out, forth) on weeping1564 dissolve1608 to melt to (also in, into) tears1609 to burst into tears1717 burst a-crying1825 blurt1830 to burst out crying1863 to break into weeping1866 to turn the tap(s) on1883 1883 Daily Tel. 8 Feb. 3/2 When she had finished her song she fell a crying... She can turn the taps on at a moment's notice. 1900 F. S. Brereton With Rifle & Bayonet i. 15 So you've been blubbing again, have you? Why, you are always turning the taps on. We shall have a flood soon. 2005 S. Harrison Next Room xvii. 177 She was as close to tears as I'd ever seen her, but for some reason this enraged me even more. To turn the taps on now, over some perceived minor impropriety. < as lemmas |
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