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dry eye

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(uncountable) An eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome.

(countable) An eye which is affected by this disease.

(idiomatic) An eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.
There wasn't a dry eye in the audience after her heart-wrenching performance.

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Miracle at St. Anna.' I was challenged by Spike Lee. When he offered me the film, he looked me square in the eye and said, 'You start this film off and you end this film. I don't want a dry eye in the theatre. Can you pull that off?' He was dead serious. Laz Alonso

I mostly play old period songs, as they suit a ukulele more. I bought it when I saw the tribute concert to George Harrison. Joe Brown came on and sang 'I'll See You In My Dreams,' and there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Charles Dance

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