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more's 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." See also: pity Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. 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. See also: pity McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. more's the pity If 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. See also: pity Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. more's the pity used 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. See also: pity Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary ˌmore’s the ˈpity (British English, informal) unfortunately: He can’t read and he doesn’t want to learn, more’s the pity.See also: pity Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also:- fashion
- a stuffed shirt
- (Well,) I'll be durned!
- a bit of crackling
- I'll be bound
- (draw the sword and) throw away the scabbard
- a bad quarter of an hour
References in classic literature However, a good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing; the more's the pity. So, if any one man, in his own proper person, afford stuff for a good joke to anybody, let him not be backward, but let him cheerfully allow himself to spend and be spent in that way. Moby Dick I LXVII " More's the pity! a tail's a nice thing to chase away mosquitoes." Five Weeks in a Balloon But buds will be roses, and kittens cats, more's the pity!" Little Women More's the pity that it should be so--not that I should be strong and hearty for my years, I mean, but that they should be weak and tender. The Old Curiosity Shop I hope not, but don't dare to ask; though, perhaps, Steve knows, he's always after Prince, more's the pity," and Archie looked anxious. Eight Cousins "Troth and indeed, they will do him no harm; the more's the pity! And barring that about Christianity (of which my opinion is quite otherwise, or I would be nae Christian), I am much of your mind." Kidnapped But it isna religion as was i' fault there; it was Seth Bede, as was allays a wool-gathering chap, and religion hasna cured him, the more's the pity." Adam Bede I knew 'twas a spring draf' goin' home, for there's no rig'mint hereabouts, more's the pity." Big Drunk Draf "No--to be sure; more's the pity. And now it's too late; her life is finished." She spoke with the cold- blooded complacency of the aged throwing earth into the grave of young hopes. The Age of Innocence Pumpkins are not permanent, more's the pity, and in time they spoil. The Patchwork Girl of Oz He's done nobody any harm but himself and his family,--the more's the pity,--and I go and look at the bare shelves every day, and think where all my things used to stand." The Mill on the Floss "Ben's read 'em to me many and many a time, but they slip out o' my mind again; the more's the pity, for they're good letters, else they wouldn't be in the church; and so I prick 'em on all the loaves and all the cakes, though sometimes they won't hold, because o' the rising--for, as I said, if there's any good to be got we've need of it i' this world--that we have; and I hope they'll bring good to you, Master Marner, for it's wi' that will I brought you the cakes; and you see the letters have held better nor common." Silas Marner " More's the pity," answered Telemachus, "I am sorry for him, but we must leave him to himself just now. Odyssey " More's the pity. Well, cut out at the back and help land the young gent, or we'll have him giving us the slip too. Dead Men Tell No Tales But that's feeling a part and going into it as if you meant it; it isn't usual; more's the pity.' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |