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too bad, so sad

too bad, so sad phrase: an expression of mock sympathy.

Phrase

too bad, so sad

  1. (sarcastic) An expression of mock sympathy.
    • Parents will have to be told what they need and then informed that, too bad, so sad, the needed service will not be developed until their child is too old for it anyway.1971, Reginald Lanier Jones, Problems and issues in the education of exceptional children, page 69
    • In short, too bad. So sad. we've got your money, and you've been had.1985, Byte, page 349

Questions about too bad, so sad

What does too bad, so sad mean?
Too bad, so sad means an expression of mock sympathy.
What part of speech is too bad, so sad?
Too bad, so sad is a phrase.

Words near too bad, so sad in the dictionary

  1. Tonyrefail
  2. Tonys
  3. Tonyville
  4. too
  5. too bad
  6. too bad, so sad
  7. too big for one's boots
  8. too big for one's breeches
  9. too big for one's britches
  10. too big to fail
  11. too big to jail

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