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
Biff	BIF	English (Rare)
Marcus	['ma:kəs]
Knight	[nait]
Comgall	-	Irish
Anne (1)	AHN (French), AN (English), AN-ne (Danish), AHN-ne (Finnish), AH-nə (German), AHN-nə (Dutch)	French, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
Ami (2)	AY-mee	English