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!