there wasn't a dry eye in the house

Everyone in attendance was crying. The term is used hyperbolically: some people may have been crying in the situation described, but usually not literally everyone. His final monologue was simply heartbreaking. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.

there wasn't a dry eye in the house

everyone in the audience of a film, play, speech, etc. was moved to tears.

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