Turn on the waterworks disapproving spoken language verb phrase
Used when one starts crying in order to get sympathy or attention
Turn on the waterworks if you want, but I won't change my mind.
Turning on the waterworks never works to me.
It's useless to turn on the waterworks. I won't help you.
The kids turned on the waterworks after I refused to buy them new toys.
A towel to dry one's tears.
Used to describe a baby who cries loudly
To weep or cry a lot and for a long time
To weep a lot and even profusely
The verb "turn" must be conjugated according to its tense.
To encounter bad luck, or being picked doing something undesirable
Mike drew the short straw and had to clean the bathroom