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Tommy Tran
2021-01-06 07:01
Cry (someone) a river verb phrase
A sarcastic response to someone's whining or complaining that shows you have little sympathy for them.
Go ahead and cry me a river! But keep in mind that I won't change my decision.
A: "My salary is so low. How can I be able to pay the bills?" B: "Cry me a river. At least you still have a job."
Used in response to a threat suggesting that the threat is a weak one.
Used when one shows no sympathy to someone who has suffered a hardship
The verb "cry" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The expression came from the song Cry me a river written by Arthur Hamilton and recorded in 1955 by Julie London. Arthur claimed that he had never heard the phrase before writing the lyrics and he thought that it was an interesting way to get his message across. But as far as we know, the song is the source of today’s expression.
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