oh dear

English

Alternative forms

• oh, dear

Pronunciation

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Interjection

oh dear

1. 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.”

Translations

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!

• Tibetan: ཀྱེ་མ (kye ma), ཀྱི་ཧུད (kyi hud), ཀྱེ་མ་ཧུད (kye ma hud)
• Welsh: o diar

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