who dun it
(U.S.A. slang). A crude detec- tive story. Whoopee (woo pe') (Slang). Uproaripusness, noisy merriment. As an exclamation it is one of excited pleasure.
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Who eats oysters on St
James's Day will never want. St. James's Day is the first day of the oyster season (August 5th), when oysters are an expensive luxury eaten only by the rich.
who falls short in the head must be long in the heels
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
Who has not served cannot command. (Strauss, 1994 p. 758)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
who shot John
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
who wants to know
a response to a question, implying the asker has no right to know
who will bell the cat?
Who will take the risk to do a dangerous task?
who's 'she', the cat's mother
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
who's who
a list of important or notable people
whoever gossips to you will gossip of you
Someone who gossips about others to you will also gossip about you to others
whole ball of wax
The entire situation or everything involved
whole box of tricks
everything at one's disposal
whole cloth
Completely false or fabricated
whole enchilada
Everything associated with something
whole package
Everything associated with something
whole shebang
Everything associated with a particular situation or activity
whole shooting match
Everything associated with a particular situation or activity
wholly without a peer
The line occurs in Lewis Theobald's The Double Falsehood (1727), iii, 1, a play which Theobald tried to palm off on the literary world as by Shakespeare. There are many similar sentences; for example: — And but herself admits no parallel. MASSINGER: Duke of Mitlaine, 111, 4 (1662). None but himself can parallel.
Whom God will destroy, he first make mad. (Strauss 1994, p. 841)
God ruins those he first drives insane
Whom the Gods love die young
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
whom the gods love die young
This is from Menander — Hon hoi theoi philousin apothneskei neos. Demosthenes has a similar apophthegm. Plautus has the line, Quern di diligunt adolescens moritur (Bacch. IV, vn, 18).
whomp on
to defeat or beat someone thoroughly
whoop ass
to defeat or dominate someone thoroughly
whoop it up
to celebrate or party loudly and enthusiastically
whooped
Flawless.
whooping and hollering
shouting and cheering loudly
whoops
To vomit.
whoosh
A homicide by shooting.
whop
To beat, or hide. Corruption of WHIP; sometimes spelt WAP.
whop-straw
Cant name for a countryman; Johnny WHOP-STRAW, in allusion to threshing.
whopper
A big one, a lie. A lie not easily swallowed.
whore's bird
A debauched fellow, the largest of all birds. He sings more like a whore's bird than a canary bird; said of one who has a strong manly voice.
whore's curse
A piece of gold coin, value five shillings and three pence, frequently given to women of the town by such as professed always to give gold, and who before the introduction of those pieces always gave half a guinea.
whore-monger
A man that keeps more than one mistress. A country gentleman, who kept a female friend, being reproved by the parson of the parish, and styled a whore-monger, asked the parson whether he had a cheese in his house; and being answered in the affirmative, 'Pray,' says he, 'does that one cheese make you a cheese-monger?'
whow ball
A milk-maid: from their frequent use of the word whow, to make the cow stand still in milking. Ball is the supposed name of the cow.
why in God's name
Used to express strong frustration or annoyance
why in the world
used to express surprise or confusion
why in time
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
why keep a dog and bark yourself
One should not do something that one has hired someone else to do.
why on Earth
used to express strong surprise or confusion
wibling's witch
The four of clubs: from one James Wibling, who in the reign of King James I. grew rich by private gaming, and was commonly observed to have that card, and never to lose a game but when he had it not.
wicked tongue
A person who speaks badly or maliciously about others
wickedly
very
wicket
A casement; also a little door.
widdle
To shine. See OLIVER.
wide awake
Completely awake and alert
wide berth
To avoid someone or something completely
wide of the mark
Completely incorrect or far from the truth
wide open
Completely unprotected or vulnerable
wide-awake
A broad-brimmed felt or stuff hat,—so called because it never had a nap, and never wants one.
widgie
A female bodgie.
wido
Wide awake, no fool.
widow bench
An obsolete law term for the share of her husband's estate allowed to a widow over and above her jointure.
widow's man
Old naval slang for a non- existent seaman whose name was borne on the ship's book, his pay, prize-money, etc., going to Greenwich Hospital or to a fund for widows.
widow's mite
A small donation or contribution given generously
widow's weeds
Mourning clothes of a peculiar fashion, denoting her state. A grass widow; a discarded mistress. a widow bewitched; a woman whose husband is abroad, and said, but not certainly known, to be dead.
wife
A fetter fixed to one leg.
wife
A fetter fixed to one leg.—Prison.
wife in water colours
A mistress, or concubine; water colours being, like their engagements, easily effaced, or dissolved.
wife's best friend
The penis.
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