Idiom
sob story
Meaning
A sad story, especially one intended to elicit sympathy.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She told him a sob story to get extra time.”
“The beggar on the corner always uses the same sob story about losing his job.”
“Though skeptical of her tearful sob story, the judge nonetheless granted the widow a brief extension on her debts.”
Examples
simple
“She told him a sob story to get extra time.”
contextual
“The beggar on the corner always uses the same sob story about losing his job.”
complex
“Though skeptical of her tearful sob story, the judge nonetheless granted the widow a brief extension on her debts.”
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