お涙なみだ頂ちょう戴だい

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale

Refers to a story, performance, or appeal that is overly sentimental and designed to elicit tears, often with a negative or mocking connotation.

• あの映えい画がはお涙なみだ頂ちょう戴だいのシーンが多おおすぎて、逆ぎゃくに冷さめてしまった。

  That movie had too many tearjerker scenes, and it ended up turning me off.

• 彼かれのスピーチはお涙なみだ頂ちょう戴だいの話はなしばかりで、説せっ得とく力りょくがなかった。

  His speech was full of sob stories and lacked persuasiveness.