Brewer's: Dear

Oh, dear me! Regarded, but without evidence, as a corruption of the Italian O Dio mio!

Dear Bought and Far Brought
or Dear bought and far felt. A gentle reproof for some extravagant purchase of luxury.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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