a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief

is it to bow down his head as a bulrush , and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?

岂是叫人垂头像苇子、用麻布和炉灰铺在他以下么。

a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?

岂是叫人垂头像苇子，用麻布和炉灰铺在他以下吗。

he repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes for his misdeeds.

他早就悔恨自己的恶行了。

this has been a year of sackcloth and ashes for the world「s business schools.

这是让全世界商学院都感到懊悔不已的一年。

is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?

岂是叫人垂头象苇子，用麻布和炉灰铺在他以下吗？

i thought that he」d posted the letter, but a week later he came. to me. in sackcloth and ashes to say that he「d found it still in this pocket.

我以为他早就把信寄出去了，没想到一周后他悔恨地对我说信还在他口袋里。

i thought that he」d posted the letter, but a week later he came to me in sackcloth and ashes to say that he'd found it still in his pocket.

我以为他早就把信寄出了，没想到一周后他却哭丧着脸来跟我说，信还在他的口袋里。

「what does he put sackcloth and ashes on his head for?」 inquired huck.

哈克问： 「他们头上缠粗麻布、抹着灰干嘛？」

eco-mothers who want to avoid sackcloth and ashes for their little ones could turn to stella mccartney, whose kids range is celebrating its first birthday.

想为他们的小朋友避免麻布和灰烬的妈妈们可能会转而选择斯特拉·麦卡特尼。他的孩子类服装刚满一周年。