woe is me

woe is me

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wəʊ ɪz miː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /woʊ ɪz mi/

Interjection

woe is me

1. (sometimes humorous) Used to show that the speaker feels distress or misery.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 120:5:

     Woe is me, that I soiourne in Mesech: that I dwell in the tents of Kedar.

Translations

interjection

Chinese: Mandarin: 哀哉 (zh) Esperanto: ve al mi Finnish: voi minua French: pauvre de moi German: weh mir Greek: οίμοι (el) (oímoi) Ancient: οἴμοι (oímoi) Hebrew: אוֹי לִי‎ (oy li) Hungarian: jaj nekem (hu) Irish: abhó Italian: ahimè (it) Ladino: guay de mí Latin: mē miserum Manx: voirrey s'treih Maori: koae Norwegian: Bokmål: stakkars meg Persian: وای من‎ (vây-e man) Portuguese: ai de mim Romanian: vai de mine, vai mie Russian: го́ре мне (góre mne) Spanish: ¡ay de mí! Swedish: stackars mig! Yiddish: אַ בראָך איז מיר‎ (a brokh iz mir), אַ קלאָג איז מיר‎ (a klog iz mir), וויי איז מיר‎ (vey iz mir), וויי איז צו מיר‎ (vey iz tsu mir), ווינד איז מיר‎ (vind iz mir)