Help translating English idioms


Can someone use 涙ぐむ in a way to say "could bring a man to tears" or something
along those lines?

Wanting to translate some English phrases or sayings into Japanese in a way
that could be either literal or natural.




> Can someone use 涙ぐむ in a way to say "could bring a man to tears" or
> something along those lines?

Certainly. It could be done by turning 「涙ぐむ」 into its causative form 「涙ぐませる」.
You could say:

> 「[Something] は（その）人を涙ぐませるかもしれない。」

That is natural-sounding.

An even more natural way to say this, however, would be to use a person as the
grammatical subject and use the verb 「涙ぐむ」 as is without using the causative
form. You can say, for instance:

> 「[Person(s)] はそれを聞いて/見て涙ぐむかもしれない。」

