گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'turn on the waterworks'

1 general:: Phrase(s): turn on the waterworks Fig. to begin to cry. • Every time Billy got homesick, he turned on the waterworks. • Sally hurt her knee and turned on the waterworks for about twenty minutes.

2 general:: Start to weep, as in Whenever Dad refuses a request of hers she turns on the waterworks. This term implies that one begins to weep deliberately, as though switching on a system of pipes connected to reservoirs.