חֲבָל עַל הַזְּמַן

ביטוי (אנגלית)

A pity for the time

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Metaphorically: a pity for the effort on the subject. The effort will not help. Or (slang): amazing. Unique in its kind.

("Alas for the time we have come to such a simple thing, more than a sale in a hut, in whose hand there is no power at all" - Shu't of the Rashdam, part of the teacher of the doctrine of Sima'n Ka'ad)