Noun
crying shame (plural crying shames)
(idiomatic) A situation that is considered to be a disgrace, or deplorable.
It's a crying shame that so much money has been wasted on this pointless political campaign.
It's a crying shame we don't play more parks and fairs. I would love to go right to the Chamber of Commerce or whoever they are, so that we could get involved in a different way. Davy Jones