单词:sackcloth and ashes
sackcloth and ashes的用法和样例:
例句
- I thought that he had posted the letter, but a week later he come to me in sackcloth and ashes to say that he had found it still in his pocket.我以为他已把那封信寄走了,但一个星期后他到我时悔恨交加地说,他发现那封信仍在他的口袋里。
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