Idioms beginning with W

wild goose chase

wild goose chase Meaning | Synonyms wasting resource working on something that does not exist spending time searching for something that is simply impossible to find a foolish ... Read on

white lie

white lie Meaning | Synonyms a harmless lie a small or unimportant lie a lie that that is meant to spare someone’s feelings to lie about a small ... Read on

walking on air

walking on air also, floating on air Meaning | Synonyms to be very happy (elated) to feel awfully excited or pleased to be in a state of intense happiness in seventh heaven to be on ... Read on

ward off

ward off Meaning | Synonyms to prevent something from harming you to prevent something from happening (often used when trying to keep from getting ill) defend against protect ... Read on

when hell freezes over

when hell freezes over Meaning | Synonyms impolite way of saying “it will never happen” it will never come about that will not occur at all something that ... Read on

road to recovery

road to recovery also, way to recovery Meaning: the procedure of becoming healthy again the process of coming back from something bad used to say when something or ... Read on

wind up

wind up Meaning to be annoyed by someone to provoke someone on purpose to tell someone something that isn’t true to get someone excited to end up somewhere ... Read on

warm-hearted

warm-hearted also written as warmhearted or warm hearted Meaning to be kind and loving kind and sympathetic often used as an adjective to describe someone who is kind ... Read on

weak in the knees

weak in the knees also, weak at the knees Meaning to be overcome by a strong feeling, usually desire to be caught off guard by something that upsets ... Read on

what are you up to

what are you up to Meaning another way to ask someone, what are you doing? used to inquire what someone is doing at a point in time an ... Read on

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