W
Idioms beginning with "W"
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Contents of W:
[wait on hand and foot] {v. phr.}
To serve in every possible way; do everything for (someone).
Sally is spoiled because her mother waits on her hand and foot.
The gentlemen had a valet to wait on him hand and foot.
Compare: [HAND AND FOOT].
[wait up] {v. phr.}
To not go to bed until a person one is worried about comes home (said by parents and marriage partners).
My mother always waited up for me when I went out as a young student.
* /She always waits up for her husband when he's out […]
[walk a tightrope] {v. phr.}
To be in a dangerous or awkward situation where one cannot afford to make a single mistake.
"When we landed on the moon in 1969," Armstrong explained, "we were walking a tightrope till the very end."
[walk away with] or [walk off with] {v.}
1. To take and go away with; take away; often: steal.
When Father went to work, he accidentally walked off with Mother's umbrella.
How can a thief walk off with a safe in broad daylight?
2. To take, […]
[walking dictionary] {n. phr.}
A person highly knowledgeable in matters of language use.
If you want to know what "serendipity" means, ask my Uncle Fred. He is a professor of English and is also a walking dictionary.