betide

verb

/bɪˈtaɪd/

Idioms

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Word OriginMiddle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + obsolete tide ‘befall’, from Old English tīdan ‘happen’, from tīd ‘time, period, era’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tijd and German Zeit, also to time.

Idioms

woe betide somebody | woe to somebody

(formal or humorous) a phrase that is used to warn somebody that there will be trouble for them if they do something or do not do something
- Woe betide anyone who gets in her way!

单词	betide
释义	betide verb /bɪˈtaɪd/ /bɪˈtaɪd/ Idioms jump to other results Word OriginMiddle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + obsolete tide ‘befall’, from Old English tīdan ‘happen’, from tīd ‘time, period, era’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tijd and German Zeit, also to time. Idioms woe betide somebody \| woe to somebody (formal or humorous) a phrase that is used to warn somebody that there will be trouble for them if they do something or do not do something Woe betide anyone who gets in her way!
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