He watched the sad movie without a dry eye.
dry eye
idiomAn eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.
The story of the lost dog was so moving that there was not a dry eye in the room.
As the veteran recounted the harrowing details of the conflict, there was not a dry eye among the listeners in the crowded auditorium.
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an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.
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apple of someone's eye
The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.
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blink of an eye
A moment (a very short period of time).
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camel through the eye of a needle
Hyperbole to illustrate something that is impossible to do or to make happen.
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catch someone's eye
To capture someone's attention.
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catch the eye
To attract the attention
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close one eye
to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
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dry behind the ears
Seasoned or experienced; mature, especially with respect to judgment.