crying shame

Fig. a very unfortunate situation; a real shame. It's a crying shame that people cannot afford adequate housing. That your father could not attend graduation was a crying shame.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lieke	LEE-kə	Dutch
Rafael	rah-fah-EL (Spanish), RAH-fah-el (German)	Spanish, Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Macedonian
Munira	-	Arabic
Margo	MAHR-go	English
Suresha	-	Hinduism
Priska	-	German, Biblical Greek