List of idioms start with W

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  • Wag the Dog

    Meaning : A diversion away from something of greater importance

  • Wait up

    Meaning : Stay out of bed

  • Wake up

    Meaning : Realise the truth of something

  • Walk off with something

    Meaning : Wineasily

  • Walk out

    Meaning : Strike

  • War to the knife

    Meaning : A bitter and deadly struggle

  • Warm up

    Meaning : Become lively

  • Wash something out

    Meaning : Spoil

  • Washing one's dirty lines in public

    Meaning : Discussing unpleasant private matters before strangers

  • Water Under The Bridge

    Meaning : Anything from the past that isn't significant or important anymore

  • Ways and means

    Meaning : Solutions

  • Weal and woe

    Meaning : Good and bad days

  • Wear and tear

    Meaning : Damages

  • Wear on

    Meaning : to grind or rub at something.

  • Wear soemone out

    Meaning : Make tired

  • Wear something out

    Meaning : Nake usless by long or hard wear

  • Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve

    Meaning : To openly and freely express your emotions

  • Well-balanced

    Meaning : Reasonable, moderate

  • Went home to them

    Meaning : Deeply appealed to them

  • Went out of his way

    Meaning : Took special trouble

  • Wet behind the ears

    Meaning : Inexperienced and naive.

  • When It Rains, It Pours

    Meaning : Since it rarely rains, when it does it will be a huge storm

  • When Pigs Fly

    Meaning : Something that will never ever happen

  • When the chips are down

    Meaning : This expression refers to people's behaviour in a difficult or dangerous situation when action must be taken

  • Where the shoe pinches

    Meaning : Where the difficulty or trouble lies

  • Whip-hand of

    Meaning : Was in a position to control

  • White coffee

    Meaning : Coffee with milk

  • White elephant

    Meaning : Burdensome possession

  • White lie

    Meaning : Un beleiveable lie

  • White meat

    Meaning : Pork and veal

  • Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

    Meaning : This expression means that if someone can do a task for you, there's no reason to do it yourself.

  • Wide of the mark

    Meaning : Not to the point

  • Wild goose chase

    Meaning : A foolish and fruitless search

  • Wildcat strike

    Meaning : A strike spontaneously arranged by a group of workers

  • Will go hard with him

    Meaning : Suffer severely

  • Will stick at nothing

    Meaning : Is unscrupulous and will do anything to accomplish his purpose

  • Willy-nilly

    Meaning : Somehow or the other, whethr one likes or not

  • Win (something) hands down

    Meaning : To win easily

  • Win laurels

    Meaning : To get accolades

  • Win the palm

    Meaning : To get victory

  • Wind down

    Meaning : Relax

  • Wind fall

    Meaning : Unexpected good fortune

  • Wind something up

    Meaning : somehow to end up in some fashion.

  • Windfall

    Meaning : sudden change of destiny

  • Wink at something

    Meaning : Pretend not to see

  • Wishful thinking

    Meaning : The state of emagining some thing toi be true

  • Wishy-washy

    Meaning : Uncommitted

  • With a grain of salt

    Meaning : With precaution

  • With a high hand

    Meaning : Oppressively

  • With a vengeance

    Meaning : With the motive of revenge

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