betide
bi tahyd
- v become of; happen to
- Woe betide high-rate mortgage holders, owners of real estate who want to conserve equities, municipalities which retard progress with high taxes and antiquated building codes!.
- No man dares tell him a job has been done if it hasn'tCalhoun knows in an instant, and woe betide the offender (although the Admiral may ask him to lunch half an hour later).
- Woe betide the guest who stands up David Letterman.