sympathy is between shit and syphilis

短语

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    A dismissal of a person seeking sympathy, telling them to look elsewhere.

    非正式 贬义 幽默 粗俗

    2022, Famously quoted by Sarah Platt during the 23/3/22 edition of Coronation Street. Although the word ‘shit’ was changed to ‘shame’ due to the watershed nature of the show.

词源

An allusion to the alphabetical position of the word sympathy in a dictionary.

来源:wiktionary