W
Idioms beginning with "W"
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Contents of W:
[write-up] {n.}
A report or story in a newspaper or magazine.
There was a write-up of the accident in the newspaper.
I read an interesting write-up about the President in a new magazine.
[writer's block] {n. phr.}
A condition of being unable to write; a period when the words just won't come.
One of the more common problems writers occasionally experience is a writer's block that may last a shorter or a longer time.
* /They say […]
[writer's cramp] {n.}
Pain in the fingers or hand caused by too much writing.
Holding your pencil too tightly for too long often gives you writer's cramp.
Often used humorously to stress the idea that you have been doing a lot of writing./
* /By […]
[writing] or [handwriting on the wall] {n. phr.}, {literary}
A warning; a message of some urgency.
"This nuclear plant is about to explode, I think," the chief engineer said. "We'd better get out of here in a hurry, the handwriting is on the wall."
[…]
[wrong]
See:
[BARK UP THE WRONG TREE],
[BET ON THE WRONG HORSE],
[GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT],
[GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED],
[IN THE WRONG],
[LAUGH ON THE WRONG SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH],
[RUB THE WRONG WAY].