"oy vey" meaning in English

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        "3": "אוי וויי",
        "lit": "oh woe"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish אוי וויי (oy vey, literally “oh woe”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "ōwē"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German ōwē",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "ō"
      },
      "expansion": "ō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "wē"
      },
      "expansion": "wē",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "wē"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wē",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wai"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wai",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wai"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wai",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "o weh"
      },
      "expansion": "German o weh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "oh wee"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch oh wee",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vae"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vae",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "ho ve"
      },
      "expansion": "Esperanto ho ve",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Yiddish אוי וויי (oy vey, literally “oh woe”), from Middle High German ōwē, from ō + wē, the latter being from Old High German wē, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with German o weh, Dutch oh wee, Latin vae, and Esperanto ho ve.",
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "oy vey",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oh dear"
      ],
      "id": "en-oy_vey-en-intj-NcZhNzmd",
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        [
          "oh dear",
          "oh dear"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "ascribed to Jewish people; potentially offensive; ascribed to Jewish people; potentially offensive",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, ascribed to Jewish people, potentially offensive) oh dear"
      ],
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        {
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        "oy vey"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔɪ̯ veɪ̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oy vey"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yi",
        "3": "אוי וויי",
        "lit": "oh woe"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish אוי וויי (oy vey, literally “oh woe”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "ōwē"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German ōwē",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "ō"
      },
      "expansion": "ō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "wē"
      },
      "expansion": "wē",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "wē"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wē",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wai"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wai",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wai"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wai",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "o weh"
      },
      "expansion": "German o weh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "oh wee"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch oh wee",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vae"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vae",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "ho ve"
      },
      "expansion": "Esperanto ho ve",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Yiddish אוי וויי (oy vey, literally “oh woe”), from Middle High German ōwē, from ō + wē, the latter being from Old High German wē, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with German o weh, Dutch oh wee, Latin vae, and Esperanto ho ve.",
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  "pos": "intj",
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        "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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        "oh dear"
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        "(slang, ascribed to Jewish people, potentially offensive) oh dear"
      ],
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        "slang"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "oy vey"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔɪ̯ veɪ̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oy vey"
}