CRY ME A RIVER

Meaning of CRY ME A RIVER in English

you can cry a lot but you will not get my sympathy (See also crocodile tears )

When he complained about how much he had to pay his chauffeur, I said, "Cry me a river, guy."

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

CRY ME A RIVER — you can cry a lot but you will not get my sympathy, crocodile tears "When he complained about how much …
English Idioms vocab
RIVER — I Natural stream of water that flows in a channel with more or less defined banks. Rivers are a fundamental …
Английский словарь Британика
ME — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
Английский словарь Британика
RIVER — I. ˈrivə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English rivere, river, from Old French rivere, riviere riverbank, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ME — I. (|)mē, _mi pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRY — I. ˈkrī verb ( cried ; cried ; crying ; cries ) Etymology: Middle English crien, from Old French crier, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ME — (pers. pron.) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective …
Английский словарь Webster
ME — ( pers. pron. ) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIVER — river 1 — riverless , adj. — riverlike , adj. /riv"euhr/ , n. 1. a natural stream of water of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ME — /mee/ , pron. 1. the objective case of I , used as a direct or indirect object: They asked me …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRY — /kruy/ , v. , cried, crying , n. , pl. cries . v.i. 1. to utter inarticulate sounds, esp. of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRY — I. ˈkrī verb ( cried ; cry·ing ) Etymology: Middle English crien, from Anglo-French crier, from Latin quiritare to make …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIVER — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English rivere, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * riparia, from Latin, feminine of riparius …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ME — pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German mīh me, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIVER — noun one who rives or splits. 2. river ·vi to hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks …
Webster English vocab
ME — pron one. ·see men, ·pron 2. me (·pron·pers) the person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the …
Webster English vocab
CRY — vi a pack of hounds. 2. cry ·vi common report; fame. 3. cry ·vi importunate supplication. 4. cry ·vi outcry; …
Webster English vocab
RIVER — [riv.er] n, often attrib [ME rivere, fr. OF, fr. (assumed) VL riparia, fr. L, fem. of riparius riparian, fr. ripa …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ME — [me] pron, objective case of i [ME, fr. OE me; akin to OHG mih me, L me, Gk me, Skt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CRY — [cry] vb cried ; cry.ing [ME crien, fr. OF crier, fr. L quiritare to make a public outcry, perh. fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIVER — any natural stream of water that flows in a channel with defined banks (ultimately from Latin ripa, bank). Modern usage …
Britannica English vocabulary
RIVER — river, River BrE AmE ˈrɪv ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ river|s z ▶ ˈ river ˌ basin BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RIVER — / ˈrɪvə(r); NAmE / noun 1. ( abbr. R. ) a natural flow of water that continues in a long …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ME — pronoun , noun ■ pronoun / mi; NAmE ; strong form miː/ the form of I that is used when …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRY — / kraɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( cries , cry·ing , cried , cried ) 1. cry …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIVER — riv ‧ er S2 W2 /ˈrɪvə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ME — me S1 W1 /mi; strong miː/ BrE AmE pronoun [object form of ‘I’] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRY — I. cry 1 S2 W2 /kraɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle cried , present participle crying …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIVER — n. 1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ME — pron. 1 objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. = I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRY — v. & n. --v. (cries, cried) 1 intr. (often foll. by out) make a loud or shrill sound, esp. to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIVER — n. 1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ME — pron. 1 objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. = I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRY — v. & n. v. (cries, cried) 1 intr. (often foll. by out) make a loud or shrill sound, esp. to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIVER — n.1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc. 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
ME — 1. pron. 1. objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Oxford English vocab
CRY — v. & n. --v. (cries, cried) 1. intr. (often foll. by out) make a loud or shrill sound, esp. to …
Oxford English vocab
RIVER — ( rivers) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A river is a large …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ME — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. A speaker or writer uses me to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRY — ( cries, crying, cried) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIVER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a river valley ▪ The route passes through beautiful wooded river valleys. an ocean/sea/river current …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ME
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cry/howl/bellow etc of rage ▪ She remembered his cries of rage as he …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIVER — [noun] [C] - a natural wide stream of fresh water flowing across the land into the sea, a lake, or …
Cambridge English vocab
ME — (PERSON) [pronoun] - used, usually after a verb or preposition, to refer to the person speaking or writingCan you see …
Cambridge English vocab
RIVER — Aare River Aar River Achelous River Adda River Adige River Adour River Aguán River Agusan River Alabama River Aliákmon River …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RIVER — n. Natural stream of water that flows in a channel with more or less defined banks. Rivers are a fundamental …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ME — pron. Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CRY
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY — n. battle cry cry down cry off cry out cry up rallying cry war cry
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CRY — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: BATTLE CRY , motto, rallying cry, war cry Related Words: slogan 2 Synonyms: REPORT 1, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CRY — I. verb 1. Synonyms: call 1, hallo, holler, hollo, shout, vociferate, yell Related Word: bleat 2. to show distress, grief, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIVER — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad , great , large , long , mighty , wide ▪ the mighty River Nile ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CRY — I. noun 1 shout/loud noise ADJECTIVE ▪ great , loud ▪ faint , little , low , small , soft …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CRY — See ↑ CRY 1, ↑ SHOUT 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a shoulder to cry on • ↑ don't cry • …
Longman Activator English vocab
CRY — INDEX: 1. to cry 2. to start to cry 3. almost crying 4. to make someone cry 5. to stop …
Longman Activator English vocab
RIVER — n. 25B6; noun WATERCOURSE, waterway, tributary, stream, rivulet, brook, inlet, rill, runnel, freshet; Scottish & N. English burn; N. English …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RIVER — In the sense in which we employ the word viz. for a perennial stream of considerable size, a river is …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
ME — pronoun 1 BAD : I got me a drink and sat down on the sofa. GOOD : I got myself …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
CRY — verb 1 BAD : The children got very excited and began to cry. GOOD : The children got very excited …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ME — abbreviation (Health and Fitness) Short for myalgic encephalomyelitis, a benign but debilitating and often long-lasting condition which usually occurs after …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
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