Emotions & feelings
be in tears
be crying
If you are in tears, you are crying because of strong sadness, happiness, or another emotion.
Hear it in real life
Did you enjoy the film?
Yes, but I was in tears by the final scene.
I was in tears when my sister surprised me at the airport.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She was into tears.
Say: She was in tears.
The idiom uses "in tears," not "into tears"; "burst into tears" is a different phrase.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be in tears; leave someone in tears
Your turn: say it out loud
I was in tears when my sister surprised me at the airport.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be in tears
be crying
“I was in tears when my sister surprised me at the airport.”
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