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cry into one's beer

cry into one's beer is the alternative form of cry in one's beer.

Meaning of cry in one's beer

Verb

cry in one's beer (third-person singular simple present cries in one's beer, present participle crying in one's beer, simple past and past participle cried in one's beer)

  1. (idiomatic) To feel sorry for oneself; to feel sadness or regret, especially in combination with self-pity.
    • It was a pleasure to talk to a movie producer who wasn't crying in his beer over what the European war has done to the picture business.1940 June 16, Frederick C. Othman, “Here's Film Director Who Says War Helps Business”, in St. Petersburg Times, US, retrieved 15 Jul 2011, page 21

Forms of cry into one's beer

third-person singular presentcries into one's beer
present participlecrying into one's beer
past participlecried into one's beer
pastcried into one's beer

Questions about cry into one's beer

What is cry into one's beer the alternative form of?
Cry into one's beer is the alternative form of cry in one's beer.

Words near cry into one's beer in the dictionary

  1. cry halves
  2. cry harder
  3. cry havoc
  4. cry in one's beer
  5. cry in the wilderness
  6. cry into one's beer
  7. cry it out
  8. cry like a baby
  9. cry like a little girl
  10. cry off
  11. cry on

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