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Meanings of mean tears in English

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Usage of mean tears in English
1
Being left by himself did not mean tears and idleness for him.
A Chinese Wonder Book
2
Old love letters often mean tears, because they have been so wrongly read.
The Spinster Book
3
I knew full well, as I recognised various voices, that my intelligence would mean tears for some, and joy for others.
Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker / Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on ...
4
Do you remember that two years ago on Christmas Eve you gave me white pearls and mother said then: 'Pearls mean tears'?
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2
5
So slight a sign as that in Elsie meant tears and confessions from another girl.
A Touch of Sun, and Other Stories
6
Nothing more than the little waver in tone that meant tears were in her eyes.
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
7
I think I heard myself gasp, or perhaps it was a dull choking sound that might have meant tears.
Angel time: the songs of the seraphim
8
But when that doesn't work, it means tears, tests and some surreal moments MY WIFE and I have a story.
The Irish Times
9
Emmy Lou asked Hattie about it, who said it meant tears, and Emmy Lou remembered then how tears came naturally to Sadie.
Emmy Lou: Her Book and Heart
10
"Anything but pearls; they mean tears, you know."
Glory of Youth
11
"I'm glad he didn't give me pearls," Bettina went on, as Mrs. Martens exclaimed at their beauty, "because pearls mean tears."
Glory of Youth
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