sob story
noun [C] informal disapprovingDefinition
› a story or piece of information that someone tells you or writes about themselves that is intended to make you feel sympathy for them: She came out with some sob story about not having enough money to go and see her father who was ill.Accounts and storiesSummaries and summarising
(Definition of sob story noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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