hard-luck story

美 [ˌhɑːrd ˈlʌk stɔːri]英 [ˌhɑːd ˈlʌk stɔːri]
  • n.诉说不幸的遭遇(为博得他人同情或帮助)
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noun

诉说不幸的遭遇(为博得他人同情或帮助)
a story about yourself that you tell sb in order to get their sympathy or help

  1. I asked Tony why he was late to work and he told me some hard-luck story about having to take his mother 's ageing pet poodle to the vet because it had swallowed a chicken bone .

    我问托尼为什么上班迟到。他告诉我他碰到了倒霉事,他母亲那条宝贝的长卷毛狗因为咽下了一根鸡骨头,他只得送它去看兽医。