weep buckets

Idioms & Phrases

weep buckets

Cry copiously, as in That sad tale of unrequited love always made her weep buckets. [Colloquial]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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