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dry eye
Language:
Meanings:
1.
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neutral
Literal: an eye lacking tears; tearless.
2.
US
UK
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neutral
idiomatic
Used in fixed negative contexts (e.g., 'not a dry eye') to indicate that everyone present was moved to tears; that no one remained tearless.
Examples:
EN:
The day of the funeral, I followed behind those 11 coffins with bowed head and dry eye.
ES:
El día del funeral, detrás de esos once féretros, caminaba cabizbajo y con los ojos enrojecidos.
EN:
When he was buried, there wasn't a dry eye in our cellblock.
ES:
Cuando lo enterraron, todos los del pabellón lloraron.
EN:
Wronged husband,and it is never a dry eye in the jury about Continue
ES:
Un marido agraviado conmueve al jurado, siga.
EN:
There wasn't a dry eye in the congregation.
ES:
No hubo quien no llorara entre los fieles.
EN:
If I did that, there wouldn't be a dry eye.
ES:
Si yo hiciera eso, No quedaria un ojo seco.
EN:
Not a dry eye in the camp.
ES:
Todos han soltado la lagrimita.
EN:
No, when she freed the second grade, there was not a dry eye in the house.
ES:
Cuando liberó al segundo grado, no habia un ojo seco en el auditorio.
EN:
I tell you, there's not a dry eye in the house.
ES:
Te juro que no hay un ojo seco en todo el público.
EN:
E.T. grossed $319 million worldwide... and there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
ES:
"E.T." ganó $319 millones en todo el mundo... y no había un ojo seco en todo el cine.
EN:
There won't be a dry eye in the house.
ES:
Todos se emocionarán.
EN:
Anyway, there wasn't a dry eye in Flushing.
ES:
todos lloraban sin consuelo.
EN:
There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
ES:
No hubo quien no derramara lágrimas.
EN:
The President's going to lean down and hang that ribbon round that pretty face. There is not going to be a dry eye from Nashua to Sacramento.
ES:
El Presidente se inclinará y pondrá esa cinta alrededor de esa linda carita y no habrá un ojo seco desde Nashua hasta Sacramento.
EN:
- Wasn't a dry eye in the place.
ES:
No habían ojos secos en el lugar.
EN:
And we tried to not cry and listen but there was not a dry eye in the house.
ES:
Tratamos de no llorar y de escuchar pero todos llorábamos mucho.
EN:
The day of the funeral, I followed behind those 11 coffins with bowed head and dry eye.
ES:
El día del funeral, detrás de esos once féretros, caminaba cabizbajo y con los ojos enrojecidos.
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