be sorry for (someone)
be sorry for (someone)
To empathize with or feel compassion for another person and their sorrows, problems, or plight. It's infuriating that the CEOs swindled the country for millions of dollars, but I'm especially sorry for the thousands of their employees who are now out of a job. I'm so sorry for Johnny—his addiction has gotten completely out of control.
See also: sorry
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be/feel ˈsorry for somebody
feel sympathy or pity for somebody: I feel sorry for all the people who are alone at Christmas.See also: feel, somebody, sorry
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- be/feel sorry for somebody
- feel sorry for (someone)
- the spirit of the law
- put (oneself) in (someone's) place
- put (oneself) in (someone's) shoes
- put yourself in somebody's shoes/place
- sit on (one's) hands
- sit on hands
- sit on its hands
- sit on your hands