W
Idioms beginning with "W"
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[wild goose chase] {n. phr.}
An absurd and completely futile errand.
I was on a wild goose chase when I was sent to find a man who never really existed.
[wild pitch] {n.}
A pitch in baseball that is so high, so low, or so far from the plate that the catcher cannot catch it and a base runner can move to the next base.
The runner went to second base on a wild pitch.
[will not hear of] {v. phr.}
Will not allow or consider, refuse attention to or permission for.
I want to go to the show tonight, but I know my mother will not hear of it.
* /Mary needs another day to finish her book report, but the teacher won't […]
[wind]
See:
[GET WIND OF],
[GOD TEMPERS THE WIND TO THE SHORN LAMB],
[GONE WITH THE WIND],
[IN THE WIND],
[IT IS AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD],
[SECOND WIND],
[STRAW IN THE WIND],
[TAKE THE WIND OUT OF ONE'S SAILS],
[THREE SHEETS IN THE […]
[windbag] {n.}
Someone who talks too much; a boring person.
Uncle Joe goes on and on; he is a boring windbag.
[windfall] {n.}
An unexpected gift or gain of sizeable proportion.
The unexpected retroactive pay raise was a most welcome windfall.
[window dressing] {n. phr.}
An elaborate exterior, sometimes designed to conceal one's real motives.
All those fancy invitations turned out to be nothing but window dressing.
* /All he really wanted was to be introduced to my influential […]