sob story

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

ˈsob ˌstory BrE AmE noun [countable] informal
a story, especially one that is not true, that someone tells you in order to make you feel sorry for them:
a sob story about how she lost all her money

sob+storyhu

◎	['sɔb'stɔri]
※	danh từ
	■	(thông tục) chuyện thương tâm
	■	lý do đưa ra để làm mủi lòng
◎	[sob story]
〆	saying & slang
	■	a sad story, a story about love lost or misfortune, cry the blues
		☆	Have you heard Keiko's sob story? She lost her boyfriend and her cat on the same day.