| 单词 | woe betide you |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoe betide you (also him, her, etc.) P3. woe betide you (also him, her, etc.): (originally) may evil or misfortune happen to you (him, etc.); (in later use colloquial with weakened sense) you (he, etc.) will get into trouble (if..). Also without object (now archaic and rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > imprecations woeOE dahetc1290 confoundc1330 foul (also shame) fall ——c1330 sorrow on——c1330 in the wanianda1352 wildfirea1375 evil theedomc1386 a pestilence on (also upon)c1390 woe betide you (also him, her, etc.)c1390 maldathaita1400 murrainc1400 out ona1415 in the wild waning worldc1485 vengeance?a1500 in a wanion1549 with a wanion1549 woe worth1553 a plague on——a1566 with a wanion to?c1570 with a wanyand1570 bot1584 maugre1590 poxa1592 death1593 rot1594 rot on1595 cancro1597 pax1604 pize on (also upon)1605 vild1605 peascod1606 cargo1607 confusion1608 perditiona1616 (a) pest upon1632 deuce1651 stap my vitals1697 strike me blind, dumb, lucky (if, but—)1697 stop my vitals1699 split me (or my windpipe)1700 rabbit1701 consume1756 capot me!1760 nick me!1760 weary set1788 rats1816 bad cess to1859 curse1885 hanged1887 buggeration1964 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. ii. l. 86 And ar þis weddyng beo wrouȝt wo þe beo-tyde! c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. l. 116 Er Ich wedde such a wyf wo me bi-tyde! 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 56 Now helpe, or woe betide thee euermore. View more context for this quotation 1644 Humble Petition of Retaylers sig. A2v Woe betide them that were the cause thereof. 1794 Har'st Rig cxxx. 40 For our sma' wage, O, wha wad bide, For scabbit aughtpence! woe betide That we shoul'd shear. 1819 J. Keats La Belle Dame ix And there I dream'd, ah! woe betide, The latest dream I ever dream'd. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xii. 214 Go to the sick man's chamber..and woe betide you if you again quit it without my permission! 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vi. 112 If you're not sharp enough I'll creak the door, and wo betide you if I have to creak it much. 1915 J. Drinkwater in Bookman June 448/1 I married him on Christmas morn,—Ah, woe betide; ah, woe betide. 2012 Guardian 22 Aug. (G2 section) 10/2 Woe betide any trainee..who is discovered having a cup of tea. < as lemmas |
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