If so, it will end in tears.

如果真是这样的话，结局将会是以泪洗面。

I know it's going to end in tears.

我知道这将结束在流泪。

But they had long fretted that the process would end in tears.

但他们一直担心这个过程将以失败告终。

Is this just another collective delusion that will end in tears?

这会是另一个集体的幻觉破灭吗？

When people started fighting with statues , I knew it would end in tears.

如果人们开始破坏雕像，我就知道总会有人受伤。