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It's 'Woe', as in really bad things!
Its "woe as in misery
Woh as in in woe, and the betide part means coming to you
Woby Tide was a young boy who never did anything he was told and did everything he wanted to. Hence the expression-Woby Tide the boy who doesnt go to school and bunks off with his mates, Woby Tide the boy who spends all of his dinner money on chocolate, Woby Tide the boy who went out fishing instead of going to church.
It's a very old saying which is very hard to date back. It means that the woes that visit you will be of your own making. A general warning to how one acts.
its "woe betide you" and is old english, an archaic term meaning you'll be sorry
It ISN'T "WOH", my friend, - it's "WOE", - as in, "WOE BETIDE YOU", - meaning something, like "YOU'LL BE SORRY", or "YOU'LL REGRET THAT!"
As in:- "WOE BETIDE YOU, - IF YOU GET ON THE WRONG SIDE OF ME!", meaning:- "YOU MAY REGRET THE FACT, THAT YOU UPSET ME!"
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It comes from Shakespeare.
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