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take pity on
Idioms and Phrases
Also, have pity on . Show compassion or mercy to, as in Take pity on the cook and eat that last piece of cake , or, as Miles Coverdale's 1535 translation of the Bible has it (Job 19:21), 鈥淗ave pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye, my friends.鈥 This idiom may be used half-jokingly, as in the first example, or seriously. [Late 1200s]Example Sentences
I waved my arms at the caravan guards and hoped they would take pity on me.
I stepped into the light of the doorway so he would see my monkish robes and maybe take pity on us.
He told BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show: "I am hoping the first minister will take pity on us and give us more money for Angus Council."
鈥淚 just have to have faith for a miracle to happen and the government to take pity on old people like me.鈥
A poor Caribbean couple in Paris take pity on their deposed president when they find him living in poverty and exile.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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