Pipe (one's) eye In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "pipe (one's) eye", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Eudora Thao calendar 2021-04-09 10:04

Meaning of Pipe (one's) eye

Synonyms:

do someone in the eye

Pipe (one's) eye American dated

To weep or cry

A little girl is piping her eye in front of the store because her parents do not buy her a new barbie.

She piped her eye a lot when she failed the first prize in the contest.

My mom piped her eye when it was time for me to leave.

Grammar and Usage of Pipe (one's) eye

Verb Forms

  • pipes one's eye
  • piping one's eye
  • piped one's eye

The verb "pipe" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Pipe (one's) eye

There is a source that the phrase appeared in the 19th century. 

 

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