weeping and wailing and gnashing of teethとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth (uncountable)

1. consternation; worry.
   • 1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “The Pilots’ Monopoly”, in Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC, page 187:

     There was weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth in the camp of the outsiders now.

   • 1910, The Old Man, Melbourne: Punch, page 6:

     There was weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth in South Melbourne last Saturday night. For weeks past there had been only one topic of conversation'—football.

   • 2005, Corey Kilgannon, “You Probably Say That to All Naughty Columnists”, in New York Times:

     And there was weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth among the crowd of reporters invited to the Stellan Holm Gallery, then promptly expelled from it, on Sunday night.

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