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всё это было бы смешно, когда бы не было так грустно stresses
proverb	it would be funny, if it weren't so sad ('More)
quot.aph.	this would be funny if it weren't so tragically true. (VLZ_58); All of this could be absurd, it's not: it is by far too sad, by far too trying; All of this could be absurd, it's not: it is by far too sad, by far too trying (M. Lermontov. To A.O. Smirnova. Translated by Irina Zheleznova. VLZ_58)