sob story

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈsob ˌstory noun [countable] informal  SYMPATHIZEa story, especially one that is not true, that someone tells you in order to make you feel sorry for them 〔尤指不真实的〕为了博取同情的故事，伤感故事 a sob story about how she lost all her money 讲她如何失去所有钱财的悲伤故事

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sob story• But I wouldn't consider myself to be a sob story.• In fact, he was brutally cynical, ruthlessly efficient and hardened to every sob story under the sun.

ˈsob ˌstory nounChineseSyllable  

especially one not is true, a Corpus story, that

sob story
ˈsob ˌstory 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 storyBrE /ˈsɒb stɔːri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɑːb stɔːri/ 🔊 noun (informal, disapproving) a story that sb tells you just to make you feel sorry for them, especially one that does not have that effect or is not true （目的在于引起同情或怜悯的）伤感故事