saw wood

give someone wood

To cause someone to have an erection, usually due to sexual arousal.

knock on wood

To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.

lay the wood

to deliver a strong, powerful hit or play

miss the wood for the trees

Alternative form of cannot see the forest for the trees.

old saw

A cliché, saying, or overused expression, especially a proverb or maxim.

put the wood in the hole

To shut the door.

see the wood for the trees

Alternative form of see the forest for the trees.

touch wood

Hopefully; said while touching something wooden, to avert superstitious bad luck from what has just been said.