not a dry eye in the house

idiom

—used to say that everyone in the audience in a theater or concert hall has tears in their eyes

When the movie ended, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.

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Well, there's not a dry eye in the house after that. —

Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2023

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