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Mon 8 May, 2017 01:34 pm
Hello there !
what is the correct term of laughing with tears ? cry of joy or cry from joy? for example... " I want to thank ... who makes me cry for/from joy".
Thank you !
@nateka,
Really???
My English sucks but not my understanding...
Cry for joy is the usual idiom.
tears of joy
cry from joy
@PUNKEY,
Sometimes I slightly tear from joy about someone's post at a2k or something I read elsewhere. That often has to do with a post or articles about animals.. not quite always, but almost.
Schniff..
They're all acceptable. Cry for joy is the usual idiom.
Cry for joy = cry in the name of joy.
Cry of joy = joyous/joyful cry, cry imbued with joy
cry from joy = cry because of joy.
If someone was gonna use cry and joy jointly, then they'd probably use cry for joy; cry of joy is second most common, probably.
@ossobucotemp,
I don't always cry, but when I do I cry from joy.
I jump for joy as often as I jump to conclusions.
@perennialloner,
perennialloner wrote:If someone was gonna use cry and joy jointly, then they'd probably use cry for joy; cry of joy is second most common, probably.
To cry for joy is a verb; a cry of joy is a noun.
@centrox,
Does that make what I said inaccurate?
@perennialloner,
perennialloner wrote:
Does that make what I said inaccurate?
No, and nor was it intended to suggest that.
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