Da standards or sets of rules dat determine whether it would be reasonable/acceptable for you to "bawl 'n' blubber" yer eyes out over some matter or issue dat upsets you.
In "Alice In Wonderland", Alice absolutely "cried me a river" due to her feeling lonesome and unable to leave da large circular meeting-hall where da White Rabbit had led her. In the end, however, it all turned out to have just been a dream, so I dunno if most folks would have considered there to have been sufficient crytearia to justify all of Alice's copious eyes-streaming, even allowing for the fact that she was "just a young child". Same deal wif da selfish two-faced Walrus in Lewis Carrol's other masterwork for children, "Through The Looking Glass" --- said large leathery-skinned mammal may indeed have ACTED all "sad 'n' sorry" for da oysters dat he and his gluttonous carpenter-buddy had unashamedly stuffed their cheeks wif, but he was actually even **more** luscious-shellfish-meat-greedy than da Carpenter, which was blatantly demonstrated by his not only selecting da largest oysters for himself, but also holding up his handkerchief between himself and da Carpenter to hide how many of said sumptuous delicacies dat he was actually eating.
by QuacksO April 25, 2020