one 's eyes run over with tears

one 's eyes run over with tears

Tears in one's eyes, a Chinese idiom, pronounced R è L è iy í ngku à ng, is interpreted as filling one's eyes with tears due to emotional excitement. It describes being moved to the extreme or very sad. From my mother by Zou Taofen.

The origin of Idioms

In my mother, Zou Taofen said, "when it comes to the plight of an orphan daughter or the tragic situation of a righteous woman, both of her eyes are filled with tears, and the tears flow down her cheeks.

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attributive and adverbial to describe people who are deeply moved and full of tears. example as the train went away, tears filled my eyes as I looked at my mother's more and more blurred figure.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: full of tears, full of voice and tears, full of tears