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oh dear
An expression of dismay , concern , worry or disapproval . Oh dear , I seem to have lost my ticket.
1918 W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell , chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp , Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company , →OCLC “ [ …] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear , there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”
expression of dismay, concern, worry or disapproval
Azerbaijani: vay dədə vay
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哎呀 (zh) ( āiyā ) , 哎哟 (zh) ( āiyō ) , 天哪 (zh) ( tiān na )
Dutch: oei (nl)
Esperanto: ho ve
Finnish: voi ei voi itku
French: aïe (fr) , ah là là (fr) , hélas (fr) , oh là là (fr)
German: oje (de)
Greek: αχού (el) ( achoú ) , άχου ( áchou ) , αμάν (el) ( amán ) , Θεέ μου (el) ( Theé mou )
Hausa: kash
Hebrew: אֲבוֹי (he) ( avóy )
Italian: oh buon Dio! ohimè
Japanese: あら (ja) ( ara ) , あらまあ ( aramā ) , あらやだ ( ara yada ) , あらいやだ ( ara iyada )
Korean: 저런 (ko) ( jeoreon ) , 이런 (ko) ( ireon )
Malay: alamak (ms)
Maori: āwaiā taukuri taukiri
Navajo: yáadilá óolyé
Norwegian: kjære (no) , kjære vene
Persian: !ای وای
Polish: o rany
Portuguese: Virgem Maria!
Russian: ах, бо́же мой ( ax, bóže moj ) , ах (ru) ( ax ) , ох (ru) ( ox ) , бо́же мой (ru) ( bóže moj )
Scottish Gaelic: obh obh
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: o joj!
Swedish: käre gud ack och ve (sv)
Tibetan: ཀྱེ་མ ( kye ma ) , ཀྱི་ཧུད ( kyi hud ) , ཀྱེ་མ་ཧུད ( kye ma hud )
Welsh: o diar
Yiddish: אוי ( oy ) , אוי וויי ( oy vey )