Definitions from Wiktionary (cry someone a river)
▸ verb: (idiomatic, often sarcastic) To weep profusely or excessively in the presence of another person.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, usually sarcastic, by extension) To try to obtain the sympathy of another person by complaining or sniveling.
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▸ verb: (idiomatic, often sarcastic) To weep profusely or excessively in the presence of another person.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, usually sarcastic, by extension) To try to obtain the sympathy of another person by complaining or sniveling.
Similar:
cry one's eyes out,
oversorrow,
rhapsodize,
pour one's heart out,
rain buckets,
outweep,
rhapsody,
run high,
pour out,
flood,
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