Just as the title states, what does "woe as me" truly mean? I have heard and seen both "woe is me" and "woe as me," but I am unsure as to what they truly mean.
2007-02-18 12:03:34 · 5 answers · asked by Pyre 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The quote is " woe is me." Woe means sadness for the situation you are in. You are in trouble.
2007-02-18 12:07:46 · answer #1 · answered by Dusie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The word woe is used to express grief, regret, or distress.
Woe as me is a mis-quote, probably due to mis-spelling.
The true phrase is: "Woe is me" and it is used many times to describe a person who always has a negative attitude and feels as if they are ill used by others and have so much misery in their lives, through no fault of their own.
The phrase "woe unto you" is used many X in the Bible; King James Version, specifically in the New Testament. It meant that those spoken to would be full of woe.
A person who says "woe is me" usually means, 'I am just bad off today' or something frivolous like that. Sometimes I say it if I have made a very stupid error, but it isn't something big that would amount to anything, but someone has made a big deal out of pointing it out to me. I will then say, "oh, woe is me, I just can't seem to do anything right today!!"
2007-02-18 12:57:13 · answer #2 · answered by A A 1 · 5⤊ 0⤋
What Does Woe Mean
2016-09-29 23:42:00 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Just as the title states, what does "woe as me" truly mean? I have heard and seen both "woe is me" and "woe as me," but I am unsure as to what they truly mean.
2015-02-03 00:46:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure "Woe is me" is the only way of saying it...
But anyway: "Woe" is sadness, misfortune, and general badness. So it means "Man, am I miserable. My life is nothing but woe..."
2007-02-18 12:09:23 · answer #5 · answered by andromeda 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
OK, lets take the words apart.
"Woe", this means sad, grief stricken, distressed
"as me" this is you. So you are saying, "I am very sad" or "I am very distressed."
This phrase occurs in the Bible, Job 10:15 (King James Version) in the form 'woe unto me'.
Job is one of the oldest books in the Old Testament, early versions of which date from about 1200BC, making the phrase in the original language 3,200 years old. The first occurrence of it in English would have been Wycliffe's Bible translation in 1382
2007-02-18 12:13:10 · answer #6 · answered by Catie I 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Pitful me. "Woe" means pity.
2007-02-18 12:11:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
What Does Woe
2016-06-20 04:25:57 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well woe means to be sad or sadness..and when you say as me..you are generally referring to urself. There fore if yuo put those together I think that It means you are expressing your self and telling people that you are sad in ways unknown to others.
2007-02-18 12:08:06 · answer #9 · answered by michaelericjunior 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I dont know what it means exactly but its like o the worlds going to get me i cant do anything im a failure, so kinda self pity.
2007-02-18 12:27:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋