Meanings
- humorousinformalUsed to express that the speaker does not need sympathy or compassion.
1 more example
My mother never baked cookies when we were growing up. She didn’t buy them either. Dad was a diabetic and we were supposed to be on diets. But when no one was home, one could always sneak upstairs to Mama Hinda and Papa Harry’s apartment. They weren’t diabetic and they didn’t diet either, so don’t cry for me, Argentina.
2007 July, Judy Bart Kancigor, Cooking Jewish: 532 Great Recipes from the Rabinowitz Family, New York, NY: Workman Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 458
Origin
Referring to the song Don't Cry for Me Argentina, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the concept album Evita (1976) and later included in the musical of the same name (1978).
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don't cry for me, Argentina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/don't%20cry%20for%20me%2C%20Argentina
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