definition oye vey
Oy vey. Sign at the border of Brooklyn. Oy vey (Yiddish: ××± ×°×²â) or oy vey ist mir is a Yiddish phrase expressing dismay or exasperation. Also spelled oy vay, oy veh, or oi vey, and often abbreviated to oy, the expression may be translated as, oh, woe! or woe is me!. Its Hebrew equivalent is oy vavoy (××× ×××××, Ã³j waÃ¤vÃ³j).