woe is me
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But it's hard to imagine that most Americans will start liking Vance after they hear him pull the "woe is me" act for the full length of tonight's debate.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
“I don’t want this to sound like woe is me, but I’ll be honest,” Farrow says.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2019
Although, you know, woe is me, having to play Peggy for so many years.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2015
Take responsibility instead: Not in a masochistic, woe is me way, but in an empowering way.
From Inc ● Dec. 10, 2012
"I laugh, but he cried; poor Romeo! alas Romeo! woe is me, Romeo! he came to a very deplorable end, did Romeo, sister Mary."
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
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