- wear sackcloth and ashes
- If someone displays their grief or contrition publicly, they wear sackcloth and ashes.(Dorking School Dictionary)
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wear sackcloth and ashes
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wear sackcloth and ashes — If someone displays their grief or contrition publicly, they wear sackcloth and ashes … The small dictionary of idiomes
wear sackcloth and ashes — phrase to behave in a way that shows you are extremely sorry about something that you did Thesaurus: to say or show that you are sorrysynonym Main entry: sackcloth … Useful english dictionary
Wear sackcloth and ashes — If someone displays their grief or contrition publicly, they wear sackcloth and ashes … Dictionary of English idioms
sackcloth and ashes — noun a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief • Hypernyms: ↑display * * * used with allusion to the wearing of sackcloth and having ashes sprinkled on the head as a sign of penitence or mourning (Matt 11:21) * * * sackcloth and ashes… … Useful english dictionary
sackcloth and ashes — slightly formal if you wear sackcloth and ashes, you show by your behaviour that you are very sorry for something you did wrong. I ve already apologized. How long must I wear sackcloth and ashes before you ll forgive me? … New idioms dictionary
wear sackcloth and ashes — to behave in a way that shows you are extremely sorry about something that you did … English dictionary
wear on sackcloth and ashes — wear, put on, etc. ˌsackcloth and ˈashes idiom to behave in a way that shows that you are sorry for sth that you have done Main entry: ↑sackclothidiom … Useful english dictionary
put on sackcloth and ashes — wear, put on, etc. ˌsackcloth and ˈashes idiom to behave in a way that shows that you are sorry for sth that you have done Main entry: ↑sackclothidiom … Useful english dictionary
sackcloth — sack|cloth [ˈsæk klɔθ US klo:θ] n also sack|ing [ˈsækıŋ][U] 1.) rough cloth used for making sacks 2.) wear sackcloth and ashes BrE to behave in a way that shows everyone you are sorry about something wrong you have done … Dictionary of contemporary English
sackcloth — sack|cloth [ sæk,klaθ ] noun uncount a strong thick cloth used for making sacks: SACKING wear sackcloth and ashes to behave in a way that shows you are extremely sorry about something you did … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
