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Jimmy Hung
2023-09-06 04:09
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.
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1. The phrase is used to talk about the earth that is broken up and flattened by a harrow.
2. If somebody is under the harrow, he or she is forced to experience distress, or torment.
1. About 1000 hectares of farmland have been under the harrow for 2 hours.
2. Many families are under the harrow because of the economic recession.
