A Sorry Sight
This local canal is now rather a sorry sight. One of the walls has collapsed a bit further along and, whilst it is waiting for repair, nothing can use it. So there are no brightly coloured barges going through the lock gates and, as a result, the rubbish is piling up and the water is dirty. Such a shame as it's a beautiful place for a walk, ride or run normally. Maybe one day it will be back to it's full glory.
This now makes a suitable subject for today's Shakespeare Challenge - the first of a series of sayings first used by The Bard: a Sorry Sight, meaning a regrettable and unwelcome aspect or feature. Nowadays it's also used to mean something or someone of untidy appearance.
Origin: Macbeth, (1605) when Macbeth,with his hands covered in blood, is overwhelmed by guilt for the murders he has committed whilst his scheming wife says it had to be done.
MACBETH: Hark! Who lies i' the second chamber?
LADY MACBETH: Donalbain.
MACBETH: This is a sorry sight. [Looking on his hands]
LADY MACBETH: A foolish thought, to say a sorry sight
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