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cry/say uncle Informal To indicate a willingness to give up a fight or surrender: tickled my brother until he cried uncle. cry (one's) eyes/heart out To weep inconsolably for a long time. cried all the way to the bank, he/sheExulted in a sizable monetary gain from something that either had been criticized for lacking merit or simply had not been expected to yield much. This expression, always used ironically, originated in the United States about 1960. The popular pianist Liberace, criticized by serious musicians for his flashy, sentimental style, is said to have so replied to a detractor (as reported in his autobiography, published in 1973). A kindred expression, laughed all the way to the bank, is occasionally substituted. See:- (if you) sing before breakfast, (you'll) cry before night
- (if you) sing before breakfast, (you'll) cry before supper
- a cry for help
- a cry from the heart
- a far cry from (something)
- a far cry from something
- a hue and cry
- a shoulder to cry on
- all cry and no wool
- ask for the moon
- battle cry
- be a far cry from
- be in full cry
- break down and cry
- call it quits
- cried all the way to the bank, he/she
- crocodile tears, crying/to cry
- cry
- cry (one's) eyes out
- cry (one's) heart out
- cry (oneself) to sleep
- cry (someone) a river
- cry all the way to the bank
- cry barley
- cry before (one) is hurt
- cry before one is hurt
- cry bloody murder
- cry down
- cry eyes out
- cry for
- cry for (someone or something)
- cry for the moon
- cry foul
- cry from the heart
- cry havoc
- cry heart out
- cry Hughie
- cry in (one's) beer
- cry in beer
- cry into (one's) beer
- cry into your beer
- cry like a baby
- cry like a banshee
- cry off
- cry on (one's) shoulder
- cry on (someone's) shoulder
- cry on shoulder
- cry on someone's shoulder
- cry one's eyes out
- cry one's eyes out, to
- cry oneself to sleep
- cry out
- cry out for
- cry out for (someone or something)
- cry over
- cry over (someone or something)
- cry over spilled milk
- cry over spilt milk
- cry over spilt milk, don't
- cry Ralph
- cry ruth
- cry stinking fish
- cry the blues
- cry uncle
- cry up
- cry wolf
- cry wolf, to
- cry your eyes out
- cry your heart out
- cry/ask for the moon
- cry/say uncle
- cry-baby
- crying over spilled milk, it's no good/use
- don't cry before you are hurt
- don't cry over spilled milk
- far cry
- far cry from
- far cry from, a
- far cry, a
- great cry and little wool
- holler uncle
- hue and cry
- in full cry
- in full swing
- It's no use crying over spilled milk
- kiss and cry
- kiss and cry area
- kiss and cry corner
- laugh or cry, don't know whether to
- make (the) baby Jesus cry
- more cry than wool
- not know whether to laugh or (to) cry
- not know whether to laugh or cry
- raise a hue and (a) cry
- raise a hue and cry
- say uncle
- scream bloody murder
- shed crocodile tears
- shoulder to cry on
- sing before breakfast, you'll cry before night
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