| 单词 | woe is me |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoe is me Phrases P1. to work (also †do) (a person) woe: to inflict distress or trouble on (a person); to afflict; to do harm to. Also without indirect object. Now archaic.woe is originally an adverb in this phrase, but is later apprehended as a noun (cf. sense C. 1). [Compare Old High German wē tuon (Middle High German wē tuon, German weh tun).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict overharryeOE aileOE swencheOE besetOE traya1000 teenOE to work (also do) (a person) woeOE derve?c1225 grieve1297 harrya1300 noyc1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 wrath14.. aggrievea1325 annoya1325 tribula1325 to hold wakenc1330 anguish1340 distrainc1374 wrap1380 strain1382 ermec1386 afflicta1393 cumbera1400 assayc1400 distressc1400 temptc1400 encumber1413 labour1437 infortune?a1439 stressa1450 trouble1489 arraya1500 constraina1500 attempt1525 misease1530 exercise1531 to hold or keep waking1533 try1539 to wring to the worse1542 pinch1548 affligec1550 trounce1551 oppress1555 inflict1566 overharl1570 strait1579 to make a martyr of1599 straiten1611 tribulatea1637 to put through the hoop(s)1919 snooter1923 the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > cause mental pain or suffering to [verb (transitive)] heavyc897 pineeOE aileOE sorryeOE traya1000 sorrowOE to work (also do) (a person) woeOE angerc1175 smarta1200 to work, bake, brew balec1200 derve?c1225 grieve?c1225 sitc1225 sweam?c1225 gnawc1230 sughc1230 troublec1230 aggrievea1325 to think sweama1325 unframea1325 anguish1340 teen1340 sowa1352 distrainc1374 to-troublea1382 strain1382 unglad1390 afflicta1393 paina1393 distressa1400 hita1400 sorea1400 assayc1400 remordc1400 temptc1400 to sit (or set) one sorec1420 overthrow?a1425 visit1424 labour1437 passionc1470 arraya1500 constraina1500 misgrievea1500 attempt1525 exagitate1532 to wring to the worse1542 toil1549 lament1580 adolorate1598 rankle1659 try1702 to pass over ——1790 upset1805 to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823 to put (a person) through it1855 bludgeon1888 to get to ——1904 to put through the hoop(s)1919 OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxviii. 138 Ealles forgeaton, þa me grame wæron, worda þinra and me wa dydan. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 513 Hu monie earmðen anan awakeneð þerwið, þe wurcheð þe wa inoh. ?c1250 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Egerton) 289 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 177 Ac ȝet ne deð heom nout so wo in þo loþe biende bute þat hi witeð þat heore pine ne scal neure habben ende. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 880 Abram hem folwede and wrogte woa. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5531 Bot ai þe mare þai did [þ] am wa þis folk multiplid ai maa. a1450 ( in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 42 I do þe wele, why dost me woo? a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) i. l. 1571 Iubiter sulde noucht..wyrk hym mar wa na dispyte. a1500 Anc. Sc. Prophecy in Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 25 He kest the stone in þe watter, & bad it waa worghe. 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xviii. 86 It doth ryght well appere..that loue hath done you wo. ?1553 Respublica (1952) v. viii. 57 T(he)is l(adies)..pr(ep)are to weorke vs woo, and doo vs all mischiefe. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 253 Thou knowst..what malicious Foe..seeks to work us woe and shame By sly assault. View more context for this quotation 1764 C. Churchill Duellist ii. 18 Lust of Pow'r, To work him woe, in evil hour Debauch'd the Tyrant from those ways On which a King should found his praise. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere ii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 11 I had done an hellish thing And it would work 'em woe. 1890 Lucifer May 192 Our friend is inclined to vehemently suspect you of being the vile enchanter who has worked him woe. 1911 World's Work June 14523/1 He has come voluntarily to choose, of two courses, the less attractive, lest the more attractive work him woe. 2015 W. Bonsall Essent. Guide to Radical, Self-reliant Gardening 150/2 Their [sc. tomatoes'] own residues are apt to work them woe. P2. woe is me. a. I am distressed, unfortunate, sorrowful, etc. Now archaic or in humorous or hyperbolical use. Cf. sense B. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [interjection] > specific cry of grief woeeOE wellawayeOE weilac1000 wellawayOE wellaOE woe is meOE wummec1175 wia1200 outa1225 alas?c1225 walec1275 ac1300 whilec1402 ochonea1425 wellesay?1440 wannowec1450 helas1484 ah1509 ocha1522 ah me!a1547 wougha1556 eh1569 welladay1570 how1575 wellanear1581 ay me!1591 lasa1593 wella, welladay1601 good lack!1638 oime1660 pillaloo1663 wellanearing1683 lack-a-day1695 wasteheart1695 walya1724 lackadaisy1748 ochree1748 waesucks1773 well-a-winsa1774 ullagone1819 wirra1825 mavrone1827 wirrasthru1827 ototoi1877 wurra1898 OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 278 Heu mihi, domine, quia peccaui nimis in uita mea wa is me, drihten, forþan þe ic syngode swiðe on minum life. lOE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 302) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 167 Wa is me, forþam þe ic ne ondred me helle wite. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14147 Wa is me [c1300 Otho wo his me] þat ich was mon iboren. c1300 St. Mary Magdalen (Laud) l. 364 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 472 Wo is me for þis ȝunge child and for mi Quien þat ich habbe i-lore. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 957 (MED) Allas..wa es me, lauerd, þat i ne had troude þe. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 3075 ‘Wa is me!’ quod he,..‘wa is me vnhappy!’ c1480 (a1400) St. George 146 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 180 Wais me, douchtir, for þe. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. i. 133 Bot netheles, quhat harm, ful wayis me! 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 25 My sheepe bene wasted, (wae is me therefore). 1617 I. H. in Greenes Groatsworth of Witte (rev. ed.) To Wittie Poets sig. A2 This olde Ballad made in Hell: Ingenio perij, qui miser ipse meo: Wit, whither wilt thou? woe is me. 1683 G. Meriton York-shire Dialogue in Pure Nat. Dial. 6 Waies is me Husband, our awd Breads all gane. 1729 G. Adams tr. Sophocles Antigone ii. v, in tr. Sophocles Trag. II. 34 Wo is me a Wretch! 1798 W. Wordsworth Thorn vi, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 121 To herself she cries, ‘Oh! oh misery! Oh woe is me!’ 1855 Harper's Mag. July 212/1 But woe is me, Thomas Newcome's fondest hopes were disappointed this time. 1892 F. J. Furnivall Hoccleve's Minor Poems p. xliv Lastly (woe is me!) I printed it in 1878 from [etc.]. 1930 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 3 Oct. 8/4 Woe is me! What will I do? 2011 C. Beall Healing your Marriage xiii. 179 We have resisted the temptation to say ‘woe is me’. b. Used attributively (usually hyphenated), frequently with disparaging implication of indulging in self-pity or pessimism. ΚΠ 1926 Atlantic (Iowa) News-Telegraph 1 Sept. 2/3 The farmers..are out for a joy ride and are doing a lot of smiling, leaving the ‘woe is me’ stunt for the politicians. 1959 Prairie Schooner Fall 202/2 Unlike the bland woe-is-me windiness of Thomas..there is some soul-wracking searching in Williams. 1995 Select Mar. 85/2 The band opt for a tone of glorious kick-ass celebration rather than the all too obvious woe-is-me melancholia. 2012 K. J. Revis Be Changemaster 2 I bought into the common woe-is-me attitude, frustration, and belief that change is hard. 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. P4. woe worth: see worth v.1 Phrases 2. P5. tale of woe: a narrative of (one's) problems or misfortunes. Often humorous or in hyperbolical use. ΚΠ 1599 H. Petowe Philochasander & Elanira xl. sig. F4 She rauisht seem'd to heare that tale of woe. 1658 J. Mennes & J. Smith Wit Restor'd 171 Tell her this tale of woe. Tell her where she may finde Me tottering in the winde. 1684 Strange News from Newberry (single sheet) Attend with Lamentation, unto a tale of woe. 1764 T. Phillips Hist. Life R. Pole II. v. 293 The transactions of those ten years amount to no more than a Tale of Woe. 1790 S. T. Coleridge Genevieve 8 Within your soul a voice there lives! It bids you hear the tale of Woe. 1850 Eclectic Rev. Oct. 495 Ask the farmer what he thinks of..the ‘rust’ and ‘red robin’, and there will be unfolded such a tale of woe, such a history of ruin and calamity. 1880 Newcastle Courant 2 Jan. 4/5 Figures, especially when they are exact, are often destructive to a tale of woe. 1916 S. S. Sidelsky Tales of Traveler ii. 38 There we sat for the remainder of the day,..telling each other tales of woe in our experience with Carnation cuttings. 1951 Sport 16 Mar. 4/2 Listen to the tale of woe from Swindon Town, who..suffered their 16th away league defeat. 2014 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 13 Oct. (NorthSide section) 1 jh Tell us your gas price tales of woe. < as lemmas |
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