woe

[US]/wəʊ/
[UK]/woʊ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. utumwa, uchungu; mabaya
int. alas (kutazama mwenyewe, utumwa au uchungu)
Word Forms
Pluralwoes

Phrases & Collocations

woe is me

moyo mimi ni mchana

deep woe

mchana mrefu

woeful news

taarifa ya mchana

weal and woe

moyo mimi na mchana

Example Sentences

Woe betide the poor soldier.

Moyo mwenye mshindi kwa mshindi mwenye mshindi.

the Everton tale of woe continued.

hadithi ya Everton ya taabu iliendelea.

share weal and woe with the people

kushtiriki furaha na taabu na watu.

Kinsman helps kinsman,but woe to him that hath nothing.

Mwanamke mwenyekiti anghiza mwanamke mwenyekiti, lakini kosa kwa mwenyekiti ambaye hajui kumtumia.

A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.

Mwanambo ni mwingilizi au mwenye kusurua kama anacheza mwenyewe.

Woe betide anyone who arrives late!

Moyo mwenye mshindi kwa wanyama wanaowapita mbele.

woe betide anyone wearing the wrong colour!.

Moyo mwenye mshindi kwa wanyama wanaovua rangi ya pili.

Woe betide you if you betray us.

Moyo mwa mpira kwa wewe kama utamasha tunawe.

The ox is never woe,till he to the harrow go.

Mvumo hauwezi kuwa mwenye kusurua hadi anapendeza kwa harrow.

to add to his woes, customers have been spending less.

kutengeneza kusurua zaidi, mshirika wanaochangia chini.

Real-world Examples

Trump blames Sessions and Rosenstein for his legal woes.

Trump anazingatia Sessions na Rosenstein kwa mshwari mwingi wake.

Source: Time

But is there a solution to your traffic woes?

Lakini je, kuna maelekezo gani kwa mshwari mwingi yako ya mizigo?

Source: Asap SCIENCE Selection

The main opposition CHP party is also facing legal woes.

Chapu ya CHP ya upendeleo mkuu pia ina mshwari mwingi mwingi.

Source: VOA Standard English - Asia

If it has its woes, it has likewise its delights.

Kama ina mshwari mwingi, ina pia mazuri mazuri.

Source: American Version Language Arts Volume 6

Instead, three things seem to account for the party's recent woes.

Hakuna, tatu vitu vya mshwari mwingi vya chapu hivi karibuni.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Geisel shared his woes with McClintock, who asked to see the story.

Geisel alishiria mshwari mwingi yake na McClintock, ambaye alitaka kusikia kisahini.

Source: Reader's Digest Anthology

Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too?

Je, nami niweke kusikia mshwari mwingi wa mengine na sikuwa na mshwari mwingi pia?

Source: The Song of Innocence and Experience

Although you may have earthly woes, get your mind back on the stars.

Kama unapewa mshwari mwingi ya dunia, kumbua mbinu yako kwa mizani.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 7

And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er

Na kwa mshwari mwingi kwa mshwari mwingi kwa mshwari mwingi.

Source: The complete original version of the sonnet.

Receiving nought by elements so slow but heavy tears, badges of either's woe.

Kutambua kwa mshwari mwingi kwa mshwari mwingi kwa mshwari mwingi.

Source: The complete original version of the sonnet.

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