more's the pity
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more's the pity
- (idiomatic) It is a pity; it is unfortunate.
- 1830, The Lady's Magazine, page 130:
- Folks, however, cannot (and, alas, more's the pity!) eat and drink, and dance and sing, for ever.
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it is a pity
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