crying shame

Examples (10)

• It's a crying shame that so much food gets wasted every day.
• What a crying shame that the beautiful old theater had to be demolished.
• The fact that he missed the winning goal by just an inch was a crying shame.
• She has so much talent; it would be a crying shame to let it go to waste.
• I think it's a crying shame how little funding our local schools receive.
• After all her hard work, failing the exam was a real crying shame.
• A crying shame, that's what it is, closing the library that so many children depend on.
• They lost the match in the final seconds. It was a crying shame.
• It's a crying shame that such a historic building has been left to decay.
• To have to cancel the festival because of one day of rain is a crying shame.