A ‘sorry sight’ is a regrettable and unwelcome feature. Now also used to mean something or someone of untidy appearance.
A ‘sorry sight’ is a regrettable and unwelcome feature. Now also used to mean something or someone of untidy appearance.
The phrase originated in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, 1605:
MACBETH:
Hark! Who lies i’ the second chamber?
LADY MACBETH:
Donalbain.
MACBETH:
This is a sorry sight.
[Looking on his hands]
LADY MACBETH:
A foolish thought, to say a sorry sight.
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