usually used sarcastically to someone who is constantly complaining
to cry excessively in front of someone else
“My baby wouldn’t sleep last night, I am so tired.” “Cry me a river, Joan. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in years.”
You can cry me a river, we are still not going to that concert tomorrow night.
“I can’t believe that my cleaning lady is on holiday again. I will have to clean my house this weekend.” “Cry me a river, I don’t even have a cleaning lady.”
After my boyfriend cheated on me he came back and begged to get back together. I told him that he could cry me a river. It is not happening.
Susan apologized for gossiping behind my back She can cry me a river. I have no time for fake friends.
There is no origin for this idiom
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Common phrase that has a specific meaning.