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crying shame, a
crying shame, a
An unfortunate situation, as in It's a crying shame that Bob can't find a job. This term may well come from the now obsolete to cry shame upon, meaning "express vigorous disapproval or censure," current from about 1600 to the mid-1800s.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Rosabel | | - | English (Rare) |
Almiro | | - | Portuguese |
Albertus | | ahl-BER-tus (Dutch) | Ancient Germanic (Latinized), Dutch |
Hirsh | | - | Yiddish |
Viorica | | - | Romanian |
Jens | | YENS (Danish) | Danish, Swedish, Norwegian |