be a crying shame
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To be problematic and inopportune. It's a crying shame that the car just died—I planned to give it to you some day.
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be a crying ˈshame
(spoken) used to emphasize that you think something is extremely bad or shocking: It’s a crying shame to waste all that food.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017