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idiomwear/don sackcloth (and ashes)to behave in a way that shows everyone that you are very sorry for something you have done, often used humorously:I don't believe that anybody has to wear sackcloth and ashes forever after being convicted of a crime.I realize that the assumptions made in my article about the outcome of the election have been proved wrong. I'm donning sackcloth as I write this.Note This idiom comes from a very old Hebrew custom of wearing sackcloth (=rough cloth) and ashes (=grey powder that is left after you burn something) for some religious ceremonies.
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