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sackcloth and ashes (slightly formal)

if you wear sackcloth and ashes, you show by your behaviour that you are very sorry for something you did wrong

Usage notes: In the past, clothes made of sackcloth (= a rough cloth) were worn by the Jews in religious activities to show that they were sad or sorry for the things they had done wrong.

I've already apologized. How long must I wear sackcloth and ashes before you'll forgive me?

See also: and, ash

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