be·tide
verb/bɪˈtaɪd/
/bɪˈtaɪd/
Idioms 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
（用以警告某人会有麻烦）…就要倒霉，…将会遭殃 - Woe betide anyone who gets in her way!
谁挡住她的路谁就会遭殃！
- Woe betide anyone who gets in her way!