"more in sorrow than in anger" - phrase used in a situation when someone's behavior instead of angry makes you sad; (повече се натъжавам, отколкото да се ядосвам)

Example: When Dad learned that I had smoked a cigarette at school and the principal caught me, he looked at me more in sorrow than in anger.

Origin: "Hamlet"

Scene:  Horatio describes to Hamlet how his father ghost looks like

Original text:

Hamlet: What, look' d he frowningly? Horatio: A countenance more in sorrow than in anger.