- Vey is mire
- Cry of agony, distress, misery, pain; (int.) oh!, oh boy!; ow!, ouch!woe is me!; I am pain itself!Commentary:The most melodramatic expression of suffering, used to describe everyday miseries such as shaving nicks, sinus headaches or acid indigestion. A favorite expression of kvetches and yentas, often preceded by "oy".
Yiddish-English dictionary (in roman letters). 2013.