泣なき上じょう戸ご

noun

maudlin drinker; person who cries when drunk

Refers to someone who becomes tearful or sentimental under the influence of alcohol. Often contrasted with 笑い上戸 (a happy drunk) and 怒り上戸 (an angry drunk).

• 彼かれは泣なき上じょう戸ごで、お酒さけを飲のむといつも泣なき出だす。

  He's a maudlin drinker; he always starts crying when he drinks.

• 泣なき上じょう戸ごの人ひとは、普ふ段だんは明あかるいのに酔ようと涙なみだもろくなる。

  People who are maudlin drinkers are normally cheerful but become tearful when drunk.