W
Idioms beginning with "W"
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Contents of W:
[watered down] {adj.}
Weakened; diluted.
The play was a disappointing, watered down version of Shakespeare's Othello.
[watering hole] or [place] {n. phr.}
A bar, pub, or nightclub where people gather to drink and socialize.
I like "The Silver Dollar" — it is my favorite watering hole in all of Sidney, Nebraska.
[way]
See:
[ALL THE WAY] or [THE WHOLE WAY],
[BY THE WAY],
[BY WAY OF],
[COME A LONG WAY],
[CUT BOTH WAYS] or [CUT TWO WAYS],
[EVERY WHICH WAY],
[FROM WAY BACK],
[GO OUT OF ONE'S WAY],
[HARD WAY],
[HAVE A WAY WITH],
[IN A BAD WAY],
[IN A BIG […]
[way off] {adj. phr.}
At a great distance from a particular point (said of a discrepancy).
We were way off on our calculations; the house cost us twice as much as we had thought.
[way the wind blows] or [how the wind blows] {n. phr.}
The direction or course something may go; how things are; what may happen.
Most senators find put which way the wind blows in their home state before voting on bills in Congress.
[ways and means] {n. plural}
Methods of getting something done or getting money; how something can be done and paid for.
The boys were trying to think of ways and means to go camping for the weekend.
* /The United States Senate has a committee on […]