Idioms starting with “W”
422 idioms
- W-shaped recession
- wag a finger
- wag the dog
- wait around
- wait for Godot
- wait for it
- wait for sb/sth
- wait for the ball to drop
- wait for the dust to settle
- wait for the other shoe to drop
- wait in the wings
- wait on hand, foot and finger
- wait on someone hand and foot
- wait on someone hand, foot and finger
- wait out
- wait till the clouds roll by
- wait upon hand and foot
- waiting game
- wake the dead
- wake up
- wake up and smell the coffee
- wake up on the wrong side of bed
- wake up one day
- walk a mile in someone's shoes
- walk all over
- walk and chew gum at the same time
- walk away
- walk away from
- walk free
- walk in on
- walk in the park
- walk in the snow
- walk of life
- walk off with
- walk on
- walk on broken glass
- walk on eggshells
- walk on sunshine
- walk on the wild side
- walk on water
- walk one's chalks
- walk over
- walk the beat
- walk the chalk
- walk the dog
- walk the floor
- walk the line
- walk the plank
- walk the talk
- walk the walk
- walk through
- wall of silence
- wanker's cramp
- want for nothing
- want someone's nachos
- want to know
- war bride
- war of nerves
- war of words
- wardrobe malfunction
- warm body
- warm regards
- warm the cockles of someone's heart
- warmest regards
- warts and all
- wash a blackamoor white
- wash one's dirty laundry in public
- wash one's dirty linen in public
- wash oneself of
- wash out
- wash your hands of it
- washed out
- waste away
- waste breath
- waste not, want not
- waste of breath
- waste of space
- watch it
- watch one's language
- watch one's mouth
- watch one's step
- watch out
- watch over
- watch the world burn
- watch the world go by
- watch this space
- water down
- water over the dam
- water to one's mill
- water under the bridge
- waterfowl alignment
- watering hole
- watery grave
- wave aside
- wave away
- wave goodbye
- wave of the hand
- wax the dolphin
- way back when
- way of life
- way of thinking
- way out of a paper bag
- we been knew
- we have company
- we haven't got all day
- we see eye to eye
- weak sister
- weak tea
- weaker vessel
- weaponized incompetence
- wear one's heart on one's sleeve
- wear out one's welcome
- wear rose-colored glasses
- wear sackcloth and ashes
- wear the purple
- wear the trousers
- wear thin
- wear too many hats
- wear yellow stockings
- weasel into
- weasel out
- weather the storm
- weed out
- week in, week out
- weep and wail
- weep Irish
- weigh against
- weigh down
- weigh in
- weigh up
- weight of the world
- welcome to my world
- welcome to sth
- welfare Cadillac
- well and good
- well and truly
- well begun is half done
- we'll cross that bridge when we come to it
- well done
- well, I never
- well known
- well-oiled machine
- Welsh comb
- were you born in a tent
- wet behind the ears
- wet boy
- wet dream
- wet firecracker
- wet one's beak
- wet one's pants
- wet one's whistle
- wet the bed
- wet the shamrock
- whack a mole
- whack one out
- whack up
- what are the odds
- what can I say
- what can I tell you
- what did your last slave die of
- what do you say
- what for
- what happens twice happens thrice
- what in tarnation
- what is more
- what it takes
- what kind of music do you
- what, me worry
- what not
- what of it
- what someone said
- what sorts of things do you
- what the Devil
- what the doctor ordered
- what was someone smoking
- what was someone thinking
- what you see is what you get
- whatcha know good
- whatever creams your twinkie
- whatever floats your boat
- whatever helps you sleep at night
- whatever it takes
- what's cooking
- what's eating
- what's eating you
- what's going on
- what's in it for me
- what's new
- what's the beef
- what's the difference
- what's the good of
- what's the matter
- what's the story
- what's the story, bud
- what's up
- what's what
- what's your poison
- wheat bread
- wheel away
- wheel out
- wheel within a wheel
- wheels are turning
- when all is said and done
- when Hell freezes over
- when in Rome, do as the Romans do
- when it comes to doing sth
- when it comes to sth
- when it rains it pours
- when it's at home
- when pigs fly
- when push comes to shove
- when the chips are down
- when they go low, we go high
- when two Sundays come together
- when two Sundays meet
- where's the beef
- where's the fire
- where's the lie
- whether or not
- which foot the shoe is on
- which way the wind is blowing
- whip hand
- whip into shape
- whip the cat
- whip through
- whip up a storm
- whips and jingles
- whisk away
- whisk off
- whiskey dick
- whisper campaign
- whistle
- whistle Dixie
- whistle for
- whistle in the dark
- whistle in the wind
- whistle past the graveyard
- whistle walk
- white bread
- white coat hypertension
- white hat
- white lie
- white magic
- white marriage
- white on rice
- white pee
- white rabbit
- white rider
- white satin
- white sheep
- white trash
- white trashery
- Whitman's sampler
- who are you telling
- who shot John
- who wants to know
- whole ball of wax
- whole box of tricks
- whole cloth
- whole enchilada
- whole package
- whole shebang
- whole shooting match
- whomp on
- whoop ass
- whoop it up
- who's 'she', the cat's mother
- who's who
- why in God's name
- why in the world
- why in time
- why on Earth
- wicked tongue
- wide awake
- wide berth
- wide of the mark
- wide open
- widow's mite
- wild-goose chase
- wild horses
- will the real someone please stand up
- willful ignorance
- willing horse
- willow in the wind
- win back
- win by a nose
- win one for the Gipper
- win over
- win the battle, but lose the war
- win the lottery
- wind at one's back
- wind back the clock
- wind down
- wind off
- wind tunnel testing
- wind up one's bottoms
- window on the world
- wine tosser
- winged word
- wink at