Definition
A sad story, especially one intended to elicit sympathy.
In Context
- ""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."
See Also
- tale of woe
- tearjerker