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shame on

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shame on you (spoken)
you should feel embarrassed by something you have done Protesters chanted “shame on you” at the university's president. Shame on me for not checking the schedule and getting there half an hour late.
See also: shame


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Almost nobody arrives at shame on their own; there are shamers and shamees.
The violent breaching of city walls, in this period as in the ancient world, often signified an interruption in the legitimate transmission of paternity, causing shame on both the political and familial levels.
 
 
 
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