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for crying out loud
Idioms and Phrases
An exclamation of anger or exasperation, as in For crying out loud, can't you do anything right? This term is a euphemism for “for Christ's sake.” [ Colloquial ; early 1900s]Example Sentences
She was nine years old and she had a valid U.S. passport, for crying out loud.
“If they have that much money lying around in the county budget, they should all be fired, for crying out loud.”
There are three entire books on the Third Amendment, for crying out loud—and that’s the obscure one about how you don’t have to quarter soldiers in your home without your consent.
I have a dog and am very respectful of others’ plants, trees and grass, but for crying out loud let my dog be the dog she is!
Be responsible citizens, for crying out loud.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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