"make baby Jesus cry" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make baby Jesus cry.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes baby Jesus cry [present, singular, third-person], making baby Jesus cry [participle, present], made baby Jesus cry [participle, past], made baby Jesus cry [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> baby Jesus cry}} make baby Jesus cry (third-person singular simple present makes baby Jesus cry, present participle making baby Jesus cry, simple past and past participle made baby Jesus cry)
  1. (idiomatic, informal, often sarcastic) To provoke a negative reaction due to being offensive, unpleasant, immoral, etc. Tags: idiomatic, informal, often, sarcastic Synonyms: make Baby Jesus cry, make the baby Jesus cry

Inflected forms

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