without turning a hair
Without indicating any sign of distress or agitation. The phrase is from the stable; for when horses sweat they show it by a roughening of the hair.
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Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses. (Francis Bacon)
A wife's role changes as her husband ages
Wizard of Oz
The central figure in a very popular children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, (1900) by Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919), a well-known American journa- list. The musical comedy of the same name (1901) was a great success, which was carried on to the film of some years later.
wizard's sleeve
The vagina.
wobble-shop
A shop where beer is sold without a licence.
wobbler
A foot soldier, a term of contempt used by cavalrymen.
wobbly
Rickety, unsteady, ill-fitting.
wobbly pop
Beer.
woe betide
Severe trouble or punishment will happen to someone
woe to
severe trouble or punishment will happen to
woe to the vanquished
The defeated will suffer or be punished
wogball
soccer
wolf call
An admiring exclama- tion, usually whistled, at sight of a girl.
Wolf Cub
A Boy Scout of the most junior rank, aged from eight to eleven years.
wolf down
eat quickly and greedily
wolf guarding the sheep
Someone entrusted to protect others but likely to harm them
wolf in one's stomach
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
wolf in sheep's clothing
Someone who appears harmless but has evil intentions
wolf in the breast
An extraordinary mode of imposition, sometimes practised in the country by strolling women, who have the knack of counterfeiting extreme pain, pretending to have a small animal called a wolf in their breasts, which is continually gnawing them.
wolf in the stomach
A monstrous or canine appetite.
wolf of Wall Street
A ruthless and cunning financial trader or investor
Wolfe's Own
The 1st Battalion, the Loyal Regiment, so called for their distinguished service under Wolfe, at Louisburg (1758) and Quebec (1759).
woman among women
A woman who is exceptional or outstanding among others
woman and her husband
A married couple, where the woman is bigger than her husband.
woman is the root of both good and evil
Women can be the source of great benefit or great harm
woman of all work
Sometimes applied to a female servant, who refuses none of her master's commands.
woman of few words
A person who speaks little and is concise
woman of the hour
A woman who is currently the center of attention or admiration.
woman of the people
A woman who is relatable and supportive to ordinary people
woman on the street
An ordinary person, not an expert
Womble Cropped
An American word in use about 1800, denoting a feeling of uneasiness about anything.
wonders will never cease
Something surprising or amazing has happened.
wong
The penis.
wonga
Money.
wonkypedia
Wikipedia.
wood
In a wood; bewildered, in a maze, in a peck of troubles, puzzled, or at a loss what course to take in any business. To look over the wood; to ascend the pulpit, to preach: I shall look over the wood at St. James's on Sunday next. To look through the wood; to stand in the pillory. Up to the arms in wood; in the pillory.
wood pecker
A bystander, who bets whilst another plays.
Wood's Halfpence
The copper coinage for which William Wood, a copper-founder of Wolverhampton, obtained from the Govern- ment the valuable privilege of supplying to Ireland, in 1722. The outcry against this was so great (see DRAPIER'S LETTERS) that the patent was revoked in 1725.
woodcock
A taylor with a long bill.
wooden ear
unresponsive or uncooperative
wooden habeas
A coffin. A man who dies in prison is said to go out with a wooden habeas. He went out with a wooden habeas; i.e. his coffin.
wooden nutmegs
Connecticut was in the early 19th century referred to derisively as the land of wooden nutmegs because certain dishonest merchants from the State were said to have exported nutmegs made of wood and other worthless goods.
wooden ruff
The pillory. See NORWAY NECKCLOTH.
wooden spoon
a symbol of last place or poor performance
wooden spoonist
a student who achieves the lowest pass in a class or year
wooden walls
Ships of war. Before the advent of ironclads England's defence literally was "wooden walls.
wooden wedge
The last name in the classical honours’ list at Cambridge. The last in mathematical honours had long been known as the WOODEN SPOON; but when the classical Tripos was instituted in 1824, it was debated among the undergraduates what sobriquet should be given to the last on the examination list. Curiously enough, the name that year which happened to be last was WEDGEWOOD (a distinguished Wrangler). Hence the title.
woof one's cookies
To vomit.
Wookey Hole
A noted cavern near Wells in Somerset which has given birth to as many weird stories as the Sibyls* Cave in
wool
Courage, pluck; "you are not half-WOOLED," term of reproach from one thief to another.
wool gathering
Your wits are gone a woolgathering; saying to an absent man, one in a reverie, or absorbed in thought.
wool-gathering
Said of any person’s wits when they are wandering, or in a reverie.
woolbird
A lamb; "wing of a WOOLBIRD," a shoulder of lamb.
woolley crown
A soft-headed fellow.
wopperjawed
askew
word grubbers
Verbal critics, and also persons who use hard words in common discourse.
word is bond
One's promise is trustworthy and will be kept
word it
To express something in a particular way with words
word of finger
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
word of honour
A gage which cannot be violated without placing the breaker of it beyond the pale of respectability and good society.
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