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hang your head (in shame)

to be ashamed. Athletes caught taking drugs should hang their heads in shame.

See also: hang, head

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

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hang your head

to be ashamed. Though our team lost, it played well and had no need to hang its head.

See also: hang, head

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

put someone to shame

to cause someone to be embarrassed. I thought I was in pretty good shape for hiking, but Astrid, who is in her 70s, put me to shame.

shame on you

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.