泣き落とし

なきおとし【泣き落とし】

¶私は彼女の～戦術に弱い

I easily yield to her strategy of obtaining consent by force of tears.

¶願いが通らないとわかると今度は～にかかった

When she knew that her request was hardly likely to be granted， then she tried to persuade me by tears.

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なきおとし【泣き落とし】

tearful pleading; a tearful appeal [entreaty].

●泣き落としにかかる beg sb in tears to do

・理屈ではだめだと見て取ると, 彼は泣き落としにかかった. Seeing that reason wasn't working, he tried appealing to her sympathies.

泣き落とし戦術 a strategy for obtaining consent with one's tears [by crying]; a calculated appeal to sb's sympathies.

●娘の泣き落とし戦術に(ひっ)かかってとうとうその結婚を認めてしまった. I gave in to my daughter's tearful begging and ended up consenting to her marriage.