Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions

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Wag the dog
Waiting in the wings
Wake up and smell the coffee
Wake-up call
Walk a fine line
Walk a mile in my shoes
Walk a tightrope
Walk in the park
Walk on eggshells
Walk the green mile
Walk the plank
Walking on air
Walking on broken glass
Wallflower
War chest
War of words
Warm and fuzzy
Warm the cockles of your heart
Warpath
Warts and all
Wash your hands of something
Waste not, want not
Waste of skin
Watch grass grow
Watch your six
Watching paint dry
Water off a duck's back
Water over the dam
Water under the bridge
Watering hole
Watery grave
Weak at the knees
Wear sackcloth and ashes
Wear your heart on your sleeve
Weather a storm
Wedge politics
Weight off your shoulders
Well-heeled
Well-oiled
Well-oiled machine
Were you born in a barn?
Wet behind the ears
Wet blanket
Wet your whistle
Whale of a time
What can sorry do?
What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?
What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
What goes around comes around
What goes around, comes around
What will be will be
What's cooking?
What's good for the goose is good for the gander
What's up?
What's your poison?
What's your take on that?
Whatever floats your boat
Wheels fall off
When hell freezes over
When in Rome, do as the Romans
When it rains, it pours
When pigs fly
When the chickens come home to roost
Where the rubber meets the road
Where there's a will, there's a way
Where there's smoke, there's fire
Whet your appetite
Which came first the chicken or the egg?
While the cat's away, the mouse will play
Whistle for it
Whistle-stop tour
Whistling Dixie
Whistling in the dark
Whistling past the graveyard
White as a sheet
White as snow
White elephant
White feather
White lie
White-bread
Who wears the pants?
Who wears the trousers?
Who will ring the bell?
Whole ball of wax
Whole kit and caboodle
Whole new ball game
Whole nine yards
Whole shebang
Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Wide berth
Wide of the mark
Wild goose chase
Will never fly
Will-o'-the-wisp
Win by a nose
Window dressing
Window to the soul
Wing and a prayer
Winner takes all
Wipe the floor with
Wipe the smile of someone's face
With a heavy hand
With child
With flying colours (colors)
With friends like that, who needs enemies?
Wither on the vine
Within a whisker
Without a hitch
Woe betide you
Woe is me
Wolf in sheep's clothing
Wood for the trees
Word of mouth
Word of the law
Words fail me
Work like a charm
Work like a dog
Work the system
Work your fingers to the bone
Work your socks off
Work your tail off
World at your feet
World is your oyster
Worm information
Worm's eye view
Worse for wear
Worse things happen at sea
Worth a shot
Worth your salt
Wouldn't touch it with a bargepole
Wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole
Wrap yourself in the flag
Wrench in the works
Writ large
Writing on the wall
Written all over your face
Written in stone
Wrong end of the stick
Wrong foot