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It will all end in tears

Posted by Victoria S Dennis on November 17, 2008 at 19:20

In Reply to: It will all end in tears posted by Julie Bozza on November 17, 2008 at 15:27:

: Can someone please tell me, what is the origin of 'It will all end in tears'...? Thank you.

It's just something mothers, grannies and nannies say when children start a game or other ploy that's bound to end with somebody blubbering. Simple as that. (My mother, from SE England, used to say "It'll end in a cry...") (VSD)

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