W
Idioms beginning with "W"
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[walk the plank] {v. phr.}
1. To walk off a board extended over the side of a ship and be drowned.
The pirates captured the ship and forced the crew to walk the plank.
2. {informal}
To resign from a job because someone makes you do it.
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[wall]
See:
[BACK TO THE WALL],
[BEAT ONE'S HEAD AGAINST A WALL],
[CLIMB THE WALL],
[FORWARD WALL],
[HANDWRITING ON THE WALL],
[HOLE-IN-THE-WALL],
[STONE WALL] or [BRICK WALL],
[TO THE WALL].
[wallflower] {n.}
A girl who has to sit out dances because nobody is asking her to dance.
"I used to be a wallflower during my high school days," Valerie complained, "but my luck changed for better once I got into college."
[walls have ears]
Sometimes one's most confidential conversations are overheard.
"Be careful what you say," he whispered. "Remember that walls have ears."
[want ad] {n.}
A small advertisement on a special page in a newspaper that offers employment opportunities and merchandise.
"You want a temporary job?" he asked the recent arrival in town. "Go and look at the want ads!"
[war baby] {n.}, {informal}
A person born during a war.
War babies began to increase college enrollments early in the 1960s.
The war babies forced many towns to build new schools.