Splutter! (escaping simile of the day alert!)
Found on AO3 in a LOTR fic:
"Frodo wept, his cheeks flushed unattractively, the light once in his eyes now draining through his tears like a watering can with holes in the bottom."
"Frodo wept, his cheeks flushed unattractively, the light once in his eyes now draining through his tears like a watering can with holes in the bottom."