Dear me!
dear me
An expression of surprise or disappointment. Dear me, it seems I've forgotten the casserole I made for tonight's meeting. Dear me! That cyclist nearly hit me! Dear me, look at the time! How is it nearly midnight already?
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Dear me!
an expression of mild dismay or regret. Sue: Dear me, is this all there is? Mary: There's more in the kitchen. "Oh, dear me!" fretted John, "I'm late again."
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in classic literature
Dear me! This is an occasion that makes a man speculate on all he has lost.
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Dear me!' said Traddles, considering about it, 'do I strike you in that way, Copperfield?
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