bring tears to sb.'s eyes简单

The first published sketch, “A Dinner at Poplar Walk” brought tears to Dickens’s eyes when he discovered it in the pages of The Monthly Magazine. From then on his sketches, which appeared under the pen name “Boz” in The Evening Chronicle, earned him a modest reputation.

第一篇发表的随笔《白杨道上的晚餐》让狄更斯在《月刊》上看到它时热泪盈眶。从那以后，他以笔名“博兹”在《晚间纪事报》上发表的随笔为他赢得了一定的声誉。