wear sackcloth and ashes
verbEtymology
From the Bible Book of Esther 4:1 "When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly".
Definitions
To publicly express regret for something done wrong.
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