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crying shame en · NOUN
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(idiomatic) A situation that is considered to be a disgrace, or deplorable.
It's a crying shame that so much money has been wasted on this pointless political campaign.
Your table manners are a crying shame / You're playing with your food, this ain't some kind of game
1984, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Eat It”, in "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D:[T]hese brothels continued to be the crying shame of the community.
1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 346:
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