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  • 51woe 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 …

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  • 52woe betide — (old or facetious) Misfortune will be (or may misfortune be) the lot of (whoever offends in some specified way) • • • Main Entry: ↑woe * * * see woe …

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  • 53woe betide somebody — ˌwoe beˈtide sb | ˈwoe to sb idiom (formal humorous) a phrase that is used to warn sb that there will be trouble for them if they do sth or do not do sth • Woe betide anyone who gets in her way! …

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  • 54woe to somebody — ˌwoe beˈtide sb | ˈwoe to sb idiom (formal humorous) a phrase that is used to warn sb that there will be trouble for them if they do sth or do not do sth • Woe betide anyone who gets in her way! …

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  • 55Woe unto you, lawyers, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge. — Woe unto you, lawyers, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge. Woe unto you, lawyers, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge. The Bible, Luke 11:52 Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 …

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  • 56woe betide someone — ► woe betide someone humorous a person will be in trouble if they do a specified thing. Main Entry: ↑woe …

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  • 57woe unto — 1. Calamity will befall 2. May calamity befall • • • Main Entry: ↑woe …

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  • 58woe worth the day — Cursed be the day (see ↑worth2) • • • Main Entry: ↑woe …

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  • 59Woe Be Gone (album) — Woe Be Gone is a concept album by American singer/songwriter Cory Merchant. All of the songs are based on characters from the fictional prairie town of Lake Wobegon, a staple of the radio program A Prairie Home Companion and supposed birthplace… …

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  • 60woe betide you — This is used to wish that bad things will happen to someone, usually because of their bad behaviour …

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