W
Idioms beginning with "W"
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Contents of W:
[watch one's dust] or [watch one's smoke] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To notice your quick action; watch you do something quickly.
Offer Bill a dollar to shovel your sidewalk, and watch his smoke!
* /"We'll have your yard cleaned in a jiffy," the Boy […]
[watch one's language] {v. phr.}
To be careful of how one speaks; avoid saying impolite or vulgar things.
"You boys watch your language," Mother said, "or you won't be watching television for a whole week!"
[watch one's step] {v. phr.}
To mend one's ways; exercise prudence, tact, and care.
I have to watch my step with the new boss as he is a very proud and sensitive individual.
[watch over] {v. phr.}
To guard; take care of.
The museum guards carefully watch over the world-famous paintings.
[watched pot never boils]
If you watch or wait for something to get done or to happen, it seems to take forever. — A proverb.
* /Jane was nine months pregnant and Tom hovered over her anxiously. She said, "You might as well go away and play some golf. […]
[water]
See:
[BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER],
[COME HELL OR HIGH WATER],
[DEEP WATER],
[FISH OUT OF WATER],
[GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER],
[HEAD ABOVE WATER],
[HOLD WATER],
[HELL AND HIGH WATER],
[HOT WATER],
[LIKE WATER],
[LIKE WATER OFF A […]
[water down] {v.}
To change and make weaker; weaken.
The Senator argued that the House should water down the bill before passing it.
The African American did not accept watered down Civil Rights legislation.
* /After talking with the […]
[water over the dam] or [water under the bridge] {n. phr.}
Something that happened in the past and cannot be changed.
Since the sweater is too small already, don't worry about its shrinking; that's water over the dam.
Compare: [CRY OVER SPILLED […]