sob story

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A sad story, especially one intended to elicit sympathy

Mr. Martin objected at first to the bastardization of my talent, but I gave him a sob story about needing money for lessons.

tear-jerking tale, very sad story
a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy
You describe what someone tells you about their own or someone else's difficulties as a sob story when you think that they have told you about it in order to get your sympathy. Any sob story moved Jarvis to generosity. a story, especially one that is not true, that someone tells you in order to make you feel sorry for them
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