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crying shame

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crying shame
Fig. a very unfortunate situation; a real shame. It's a crying shame that people cannot afford adequate housing. That your father could not attend graduation was a crying shame.
See also: crying, shame


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It’s a crying shame that this is the case, but it’s just a sad fact of life that will never change.
It is a crying shame because the cure is available, and nobody need suffer from bad breath now.
island’s gentfication "a crying shame," but believes it will continue “no matter what.
 
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