Meaning of sob story | Babel Free
Definitions
A sad story, especially one intended to elicit sympathy.
derogatory, idiomatic
Equivalents
Suomi
nyyhkytarina
Examples
“"Dis picture is called De Tale o' Two Cities, and it's de French revolution. It's about a feller vot takes anodder feller's place and gits his head cut off; and say, dere's a sob story in it vot's a vunder."”
“Mr. Martin objected at first to the bastardization of my talent, but I gave him a sob story about needing money for lessons.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.