not a dry eye in the house
idiom
—used to say that everyone in the audience in a theater or concert hall has tears in their eyes
When the movie ended, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
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Everyone is there, including Bobby’s formerly estranged mother, and there’s not a dry eye in the house.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 May 2025
There was not a dry eye in the house, especially Ken Jeong's.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 May 2025
There was not a dry eye in the house, especially Ken Jeong's.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Not a dry eye in the house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20a%20dry%20eye%20in%20the%20house. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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