- (a) sad state of affairs
- плачевное состояние дел
Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. Кауль М.Р., Хидекель С.С. 2010.
(a) sad state of affairs
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(a) sad state of affairs — a bad situation that you find upsetting. It s a sad state of affairs when schools don t provide a basic education for their students. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form a sad state: Things have reached a sad state when you have to pay a… … New idioms dictionary
sad — [ sæd ] adjective *** 1. ) feeling unhappy, especially because something bad has happened: Reading her letter made us all feel a little sad. sad about: I felt sad about leaving him, but I had no choice. feel/be sad for someone: I feel sad for all … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sad´ness — sad «sad», adjective, sad|der, sad|dest. 1. not happy: a) full of sorrow; grieving: »You feel sad if your best friend goes away. I was very sad, I think sadder than at any one time in my life (John Bunyan) … Useful english dictionary
sad — W3S2 [sæd] adj comparative sadder superlative saddest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(feeling unhappy)¦ 2¦(making you unhappy)¦ 3¦(not satisfactory)¦ 4¦(lonely)¦ 5¦(boring)¦ 6 sadder and/but wiser ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin … Dictionary of contemporary English
sad — adjective 1 UNHAPPY unhappy, but especially because something unpleasant has happened to you or someone else: What s the matter with him? He looks so sad. | be sad to do sth: I was sad to see them go in the end. (+ about): I was glad to be going… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sad */*/*/ — UK [sæd] / US adjective Word forms sad : adjective sad comparative sadder superlative saddest 1) feeling unhappy, especially because something bad has happened Reading her letter made us all feel a little sad. sad about: I felt sad about leaving… … English dictionary
state — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 condition ADJECTIVE ▪ acceptable, fit, good, healthy ▪ She managed to get the company s finances into a healthy state. ▪ appalling (esp. BrE) … Collocations dictionary
sad*/*/ — [sæd] adj 1) feeling unhappy, making you feel unhappy, or showing that you feel unhappy It was a sad day when we sold our home.[/ex] sad eyes[/ex] Reading her letter made us all feel a little sad.[/ex] I felt sad about leaving him, but I had no… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
sad — adjective 1) we felt sad when we left Syn: unhappy, sorrowful, dejected, depressed, downcast, miserable, down, despondent, despairing, disconsolate, desolate, wretched, glum, gloomy, doleful, dismal, melancholy … Thesaurus of popular words
sad — adjective 1) we felt sad Syn: unhappy, sorrowful, depressed, downcast, miserable, down, despondent, wretched, glum, gloomy, doleful, melancholy, mournful, forlorn, heartbroken; informal blue, down in the mouth … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
state — state1 W2S2 [steıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(condition)¦ 2¦(government)¦ 3¦(country)¦ 4¦(part of a country)¦ 5 the States 6 be in a state/get into a state 7¦(official ceremony)¦ 8 state of affairs 9 the state of play 10 lie in … Dictionary of contemporary English
