Slang definitions & phrases for turn on the waterworks
turn on the waterworks
verb phrase
To weep; begin to cry; blubber: I turned on the waterworks(1885+)
Idioms and Phrases with turn on the waterworks
turn on the waterworks
Start to weep, as in Whenever Dad refuses a request of hers she turns on the waterworks. This term implies that one begins to weep deliberately, as though switching on a system of pipes connected to reservoirs.