I sense a flood of tears just under the surface.
Now probably wasn't a good time to ask what happened to his father's previous girls, if they left in floods of tears.
"You have to be the one to endure my flood of tears."
The answer was another flood of tears but the woman took his hand and slid through the hole.
Like she was ready for a big flood of tears.
Her eyes were already red; now they produced a great flood of tears.
That brought a new flood of tears to John's eyes.
The new flood of tears was too much for him.
For some reason, that brought a fresh flood of tears.
"I can't help it," she said out loud, and the words almost started the flood of tears again.
Idiome