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词汇 not a dry eye
释义
Idiom
not a dry eyenot a dry eye (in the house)
everyone is crying or feels strong emotion.
When he sang the beautiful old Austrian folksong, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
Etymology: based on a special meaning of the house (= the people attending a performance in a theater)
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there wasn't a dry eye in the house

Everyone in attendance was crying. The term is typically used literally, but with exaggeration—some people may have been crying in the situation described, but usually not literally everyone. His final monologue was simply heartbreaking. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.

there wasn't a dry eye in the house

everyone in the audience of a film, play, speech, etc. was moved to tears.
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