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it's a crying shame

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It's a crying shame!
something that you say when you think a situation is wrong. It's a crying shame that she only gets one month's maternity leave. (often + that)
See also: crying, it's, shame


it's a crying shame
it is a great misfortune. It's a crying shame when someone has worked hard and then loses everything because of someone else's dishonesty.
See also: crying, it's, shame

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It's a crying shame when a champ like Pierre-Luc Gagnon can spin switch big-spin lipslides (and win contests), but has to pay full price for a fuckin' deck
He reproduces the 1971 Keep American Beautiful poster showing Iron Eyes Cody as the Crying Indian with the caption, "Pollution: it's a crying shame.
Dear Ashlee Simpson, it's a crying shame about that mic business on ``Saturday Night Live,'' and we really hope you get the acid-reflux disease under control.
 
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