After hearing the sad news, she piped her eye quietly.
После того как она услышала печальные новости, она тихо заплакала.
Definitions
To 'pipe (someone's) eye' is an old-fashioned phrase meaning to cry or shed tears, often in a dramatic or noticeable way. The term 'pipe' refers to the tear duct, and 'eye' is literal, so the phrase evokes the image of tears flowing from the eyes as if through a pipe.
