woe betide you

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• woe betide you — This is used to wish that bad things will happen to someone, usually because of their bad behaviour …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• woe betide — verb bad things will happen to Woe betide you if you try that with my sister again! …   Wiktionary

• woe betide someone — woe betide (someone) humorous if you say woe betide the person who does something, you mean that they will be punished or cause trouble for themselves if they do that thing. Woe betide anyone who plays Ann s tapes without her permission …   New idioms dictionary

• woe betide — (someone) humorous if you say woe betide the person who does something, you mean that they will be punished or cause trouble for themselves if they do that thing. Woe betide anyone who plays Ann s tapes without her permission …   New idioms dictionary

• woe — n. archaic or literary 1 affliction; bitter grief; distress. 2 (in pl.) calamities, troubles. 3 joc. problems (told me a tale of woe). Phrases and idioms: woe betide there will be unfortunate consequences for (woe betide you if you are late). woe …   Useful english dictionary

• betide — verb woe betide you used, especially humorously, to say that someone will be in trouble if they do something: Woe betide anyone who wakes the baby! …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• woe — [ wou ] noun 1. ) woes plural FORMAL problems and worries: economic/financial/political woes to add to someone s woes: To add to their woes, farmers are expecting a wet summer. 2. ) uncount LITERARY a strong feeling of sadness: tales of great woe …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• woe — [wəu US wou] n [: Old English; Origin: wa] 1.) woes [plural] formal the problems and troubles affecting someone ▪ the country s economic woes 2.) [U] literary great sadness 3.) woe is me …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wea-worth you —  woe betide you. N …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

• betide — [[t]bɪta͟ɪd[/t]] PHRASE: PHR n If you say woe betide anyone who does a particular thing, you mean that something unpleasant will happen to them if they do it. [FORMAL] Woe betide anyone who got in his way …   English dictionary

• woe — [[t]wo͟ʊ[/t]] woes 1) N UNCOUNT Woe is very great sadness. [LITERARY] He listened to my tale of woe... All around women wailed their woe or screamed abuse. Ant: joy 2) N PLURAL: usu with poss You can refer to someone s problems as their woes.… …   English dictionary