cry like a little girl

English

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Verb

cry like a little girl (third-person singular simple present cries like a little girl, present participle crying like a little girl, simple past and past participle cried like a little girl)

  1. (simile, informal) Of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully.
    Synonym: cry like a baby