"cry all the way to the bank" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-cry all the way to the bank.ogg [Australia] Forms: cries all the way to the bank [present, singular, third-person], crying all the way to the bank [participle, present], cried all the way to the bank [participle, past], cried all the way to the bank [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cry all the way to the bank (third-person singular simple present cries all the way to the bank, present participle crying all the way to the bank, simple past and past participle cried all the way to the bank)
  1. (idiomatic) To be happy due to the receipt of money, but sad about the cause. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Emotions Related terms: laugh all the way to the bank
    Sense id: en-cry_all_the_way_to_the_bank-en-verb-oHQmry8h Disambiguation of Emotions: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 86 14
  2. (idiomatic) To be unconcerned with criticism due to financial success. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cry_all_the_way_to_the_bank-en-verb-TdVGUoTa

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