sob story

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sob story (複數 sob stories)

1. (俗語) 悲惨的故事，伤感故事 （尤指用来引起人同情的）
   • 1922, Upton Sinclair, 章號 14, 出自 They call Me Carpenter:

     "Dis picture is called De Tale o' Two Cities, and it's de French revolution. It's about a feller vot takes anodder feller's place and gits his head cut off; and say, dere's a sob story in it vot's a vunder."

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   • 2006, Keith Donohue, The Stolen Child‎^[1], →ISBN，頁號 56:

     Mr. Martin objected at first to the bastardization of my talent, but I gave him a sob story about needing money for lessons.

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参见 编辑

• tale of woe
• tearjerker