СЛАБ НА СЛЕЗУ

• СЛАБ(ЫЙ) НА СЛЕЗУ <НА СЛЕЗЫ> coll

[AdjP; subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or detached modif (variants with long-form Adj only)]

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⇒ one cries often and usu. without any real reason:

- X слаб на слезу••≈ X is easily moved to tears;

- tears come to X too easily;

- it doesn't take much to make X cry.

     ♦ Он высморкался, рукавом чекменька раздавил щекотавшую щёку слезу, подумал: "Старею, видно. Слабый на слезу стал..." (Шолохов 2). He blew his nose, smeared away a tear that was tickling his cheek with the sleeve of his coat, and thought to himself, "I must be getting old The tears come too easily.. " (2a).