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sad sackA perennial victim of misfortune.Rate it:

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sad sackAn incompetent or inept person.Rate it:

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too bad, so sadAn expression of mock sympathy.Rate it:

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make someone's ears sadTo displease the ears of someone; to cause someone to hear music or sounds that are not to their liking.Rate it:

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sob storyA sad story told to make others feel sympathy for the teller.Rate it:

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sock-it to em!Hit them hard with the price/cost/details/requirements/hard-facts/negative aspects/Sad Reality:Rate it:

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nobody's perfectUsed when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws1995, New York Magazine Vol. 28, No. 5, 30 January 1995, The de-moralization of society (Book Review)Hypocrisy, particularly in sexual matters, is excused on the grounds that hey, nobody's perfect, and at least folks back then felt bad enough to lie.2000, Madonna, Nobody's PerfectI feel so sad. What I did wasn't right. I feel so bad and I must say to you: Sorry, but nobody's perfect. Nobody's perfect. What did you expect? I'm doing my bestRate it:

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a tear jerkerA movie, book or story that is sad and causes one to cry.Rate it:

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all-a-mortSad; at death's door.Rate it:

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bad newsNews of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events.Rate it:

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broyer du noirTo have the blues; To feel very sad.Rate it:

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c'est une triste affaireIt is a sad business.Rate it:

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Cry Over Spilled MilkTo become sad over something that has already taken place and the results could not be changedRate it:

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cry the bluesTo complain, especially in order to obtain sympathy for one's own purportedly sad situation.Rate it:

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down in the dumpsSad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm.Rate it:

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down in the mouthSad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.Rate it:

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Eat Your Heart OutTo get very disappointed about something hopeless, to get extremely worried and sadRate it:

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every cloud has a silver liningIn every bad situation there is an element of good1881, National Academy of Code Administration (U.S.), Folio, page 417:Every cloud has a silver lining; but in the old-fashioned meeting-houses every cloud of hymnal melody generally had a nasal lining before the congregation...1887, Shakers, Religion, page 36:that "a little reserve and thou'lt fail surely," will prove to be true in our experience. Every cloud has a silver lining and so has every sorrow,1918, George Jean Nathan, Performing Arts, page 222:But the most popular attitude toward what we may call "sad" plays is the peculiar one of believing that, since every cloud has a silver lining,Rate it:

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heavy-heartedsad, melancholic.Rate it:

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heavy-heartedSad, melancholy.Rate it:

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Laugh Out of the Other Side of Your MouthTo made to feel sad after some happiness and excitementRate it:

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omnem luctum plane abstergereto banish all sad thoughts.Rate it:

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tel chante qui ne rit pasThe heart may be sad though the face be gay.Rate it:

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une face de carêmeA sad, pale, woe-begone face (like that of one who has fasted all Lent).Rate it:

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開心又一日,唔開心又一日it's unavoidable when someone is happy, and it's unavoidable when someone is sad too.Rate it:

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