Woe Betide You Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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Woe betide you What does Woe betide you mean?	This is used to wish that bad things will happen to someone, usually because of their bad behaviour.
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eat What does "eat" mean?	perform oral sex

snap What does "snap" mean?	snapshot
do with (someone or something) What does "do with (someone or something)" mean?	to be acquainted or involved or associated with someone or something	"I do not know what that incident was to do with."
travesty of justice What does "travesty of justice" mean?	an act of the legal system that is an insult to the system of justice	The court trial was a travesty of justice and nobody was happy with the results.
separate the sheep from the goats What does "separate the sheep from the goats" mean?	to divide people into two groups	We had to separate the sheep from the goats when we began to make selections for the school choir.
Grass may be greener on the other side but it's just as hard to mow What does "Grass may be greener on the other side but it's just as hard to mow" mean?	'The grass may be greener on the other side but it's just as hard to mow' is an expression used to mean a person's desire to have that which another person has in the belief it will make their life easieris false as all situations come with their own set of problems.

in pencil What does "in pencil" mean?	written or signed with a pencil	I wrote the test in pencil so that I could erase my mistakes easily.
a stroke of luck What does "a stroke of luck" mean?	a bit of luck	It was a stroke of luck that I was able to get a plane reservation to visit my family.
in brief What does "in brief" mean?	briefly	I explained in brief what the new supervisor was supposed to do while I was on vacation.

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Woe Betide You Idiom