She began to pipe her eye when the movie ended.
pipe the eye
idiomTo weep.
Origin
disputed originA metaphor alluding to the boatswain's pipe, which calls to duty.
He tried to stay strong, but he started to pipe his eye after reading the sad letter.
Though she attempted to maintain a stoic composure before the crowd, she could not help but pipe her eye as the final farewell was spoken.
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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 eye
An eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.