词汇 | more is the pity |
释义 | (redirected from more is the pity)more's the pityold-fashioned That is regretful and disappointing; it's a shame. A: "Looks like Aunt Leanne and her kids won't be coming tonight." B: "More's the pity, and I made all this extra food for them, too." more's the pityFig. it is a great pity or shame; it is sad. (Sometimes with the.) Jack can't come, more's the pity. Jane had to leave early, more's the pity. more's the pityIf you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something. My world isn't your world, more's the pity. We've always lacked a written constitution, more's the pity. more's the pityused to express regret about a fact that has just been stated. informal 1994 Amstrad Action The full version of this game never got released. More's the pity, as if the demo's anything to go by, it would have been a stormer. ˌmore’s the ˈpity(British English, informal) unfortunately: He can’t read and he doesn’t want to learn, more’s the pity. |
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