W
Idioms beginning with "W"
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[walking papers] or [walking orders] also [walking ticket] {n.}, {informal}
A statement that you are fired from your job; dismissal.
The boss was not satisfied with Paul's work and gave him his walking papers.
* /George is out of work. He picked […]
[wall]
See:
[BACK TO THE WALL],
[BEAT ONE'S HEAD AGAINST A WALL],
[CLIMB THE WALL],
[FORWARD WALL],
[HANDWRITING ON THE WALL],
[HOLE-IN-THE-WALL],
[STONE WALL] or [BRICK WALL],
[TO THE WALL].
[wallflower] {n.}
A girl who has to sit out dances because nobody is asking her to dance.
"I used to be a wallflower during my high school days," Valerie complained, "but my luck changed for better once I got into college."
[walls have ears]
Sometimes one's most confidential conversations are overheard.
"Be careful what you say," he whispered. "Remember that walls have ears."
[want ad] {n.}
A small advertisement on a special page in a newspaper that offers employment opportunities and merchandise.
"You want a temporary job?" he asked the recent arrival in town. "Go and look at the want ads!"
[war baby] {n.}, {informal}
A person born during a war.
War babies began to increase college enrollments early in the 1960s.
The war babies forced many towns to build new schools.
[warm one's blood] {v. phr.}
To make you feel warm or excited.
When the Bakers came to visit on a cold night, Mr. Harmon offered them a drink to warm their blood.