Expressions (wear one's heart on one's sleeve), collocations (a crying shame), onomatopoeia (cuckoo), abbreviations (wc), and proper names (hoover) need to be learned.
It is a crying shame that these thoroughly airworthy aircraft should be kept out of service so that private companies may have a clear field.
In my eyes, it would be a crying shame if this amendment were not adopted.
It would be a crying shame if those teams were broken up.
That is a crying shame because we need to demonstrate such results to restore confidence.
It is a crying shame that such poverty exists in our society.
It is a crying shame that in our desperate housing shortage houses should stand empty at this time.
It has been a crying shame that for many years they have been treated almost as an entirely separate entity.
