Idiom Breakdown

cry in one's beer

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Definition

To feel sorry for oneself; to feel sadness or regret, especially in combination with self-pity.

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"It was a pleasure to talk to a movie producer who wasn't crying in his beer over what the European war has done to the picture business."
"He was bitter about the whole thing, but he wasn't crying in his beer."
""When you win, you're supposed to drink to celebrate, and when you lose, you're supposed to cry in your beer.""
"Christopher Nolan need not cry in his beer over Inception's demotion to the No. 2 spot."

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