Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—W

Waterworks

(The). The shedding of tears. Many other meanings also.

“ `Oh, miss, I never thought to have seen this day,' and the waterworks began to play.” —Thackeray.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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