W
Idioms beginning with "W"
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[whistle-stop] {n.}
A small town where the trains only stop on a special signal.
President Truman made excellent use of the whistle-stop during his 1948 campaign for the presidency.
[white-collar workers] {n. phr.}
Workers employed in offices and at desks as opposed to those who work as manual workers; the middle class.
It is a well-known fact that white-collar workers are less well organized than unionized manual workers.
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[white elephant] {n. phr.}
Unwanted property, such as real estate, that is hard to sell.
That big house of theirs on the corner sure is a white elephant.
[white lie] {n. phr.}
An innocent social excuse.
I am too busy to go to their house for dinner tonight. I will call them and tell a little white lie about having the flu.
[white sale] {n.}
The selling, especially at lower prices, of goods or clothing usually made of white cloth.
Mother always buys many things at the January white sale to save money.
[whitewash] {n.}, {informal}
A soothing official report that attempts to tranquilize the public.
Some people believe that the Warren Commission's report on the Kennedy assassination was a whitewash.
[whitewash something] {v.}, {informal}
To explain a major, national scandal in soothing official terms so as to assure the public that things are under control and there is no need to panic.
* /Many people in the United States believe that President […]