ˈsob ˌstory BrE AmE noun [countable] informal
a story, especially one that is not true, that someone tells you in order to make you feel sorry for them:
a sob story about how she lost all her money
ˈsob ˌstory BrE AmE noun [countable] informal
a story, especially one that is not true, that someone tells you in order to make you feel sorry for them:
a sob story about how she lost all her money
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012