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whistling dixieIf you say someone ain't just whistling Dixie, it means they're not kidding around.Rate it:
white as a sheetVery white or pale, as if suffering from shock.Rate it:
white as driven snowextremely white; totally white (of a color).Rate it:
white as snowVery white.Rate it:
white coat hypertensionElevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.Rate it:
white elephantAn albino elephant.Rate it:
white elephantAn ornament etc that is unwanted or is a financial burden; an unprofitable investment.Rate it:
White ElephantA useless object, an expensive but useless possessionRate it:
white elephantSomething you have but uselessRate it:
white goodsfridges, washing machines, etcRate it:
white hatA white hat hacker.Rate it:
white holeA theoretically possible but physically highly unlikely singularity which would emit matter and energy; the antithesis of a black hole.Rate it:
White HouseThe official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America.Rate it:
White HouseThe US presidency and its administration.Rate it:
white lieA deliberate, untrue statement which does no harm or is intended to produce a favorable result.Rate it:
white lieAn lie that is said for not hurting others with a clean mindRate it:
White Lightnin,Illegally Brewed, High-Percentage/Grain Alcohol Spirits, Whiskey, Moonshine Liquor, Surrepticously Distributed by 'BootleggersRate it:
white magicMagic derived from good or benign forces, as distinct from evil or malevolent forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing good or giving aid.Rate it:
white manUsed other than as an idiom: see white, man.Rate it:
white manA Caucasian man; a European.Rate it:
white manWhite people collectively; White culture.Rate it:
white marriageAn unconsummated marriage.Rate it:
white on riceA descriptive analogy of closeness. See like white on rice.Rate it:
white outTo hide an error or other material on a surface by covering it with correcting fluid.Rate it:
white rabbitWhite rabbit is the first thing one must say, usually 3 times, on the first day of each month.Rate it:
white rideranother name for "Conquest/Pestilence", one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Rate it:
white saviorAn embedded reflex by those from unquestioned privilege to outline the solution to Black social struggles and systemic racism.Rate it:
white sheepUsed other than as an idiom: see white, sheep.Rate it:
white sheepa conformist; an unusual or conventional personRate it:
white sheepa disliked person; one who is disfavoredRate it:
white spiritsolventRate it:
white trashA poorly educated white person with low moral and social standards and low social status.Rate it:
white trasheryThe state or characteristic of being, resembling, or behaving in the manner of white trash.Rate it:
white weddingA wedding in which the bride is still a virgin.Rate it:
white whaleA goal/object which one seeks obsessivelyRate it:
white-knuckleCausing fear, excitement, apprehension, suspense, or nervousness.Rate it:
whitewashA lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.Rate it:
whitewashA victory without reply.Rate it:
whitewashIt's another way blacks people talk a bout white ladies.Rate it:
Whitman's samplerA diverse collection.Rate it:
who am I kiddingSaid by someone who, upon the realization that they were kidding themselves, wishes to start thinking in a more sensible, reasonable way.Rate it:
who are youShort for: Who are you and what have you done with {the person I know--ie. my friend, my wife, etc, whatever relationship you have with the listener) Besides the normal meaning to ask who someone is, this phrase is something usually said in jest ( jokingly) to someone when they are acting very differently than normal; to insinuate or assert that they aren't acting like themselves or that they have become a different personRate it:
who are you and what have you done with someoneSaid to express surprise due to a perceived drastic change of behaviour of a person.Rate it:
who ate all the piesAn interjection used pejoratively against a fat personRate it:
who caresA reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement, indicating indifference on the part of the speaker.Rate it:
who caresA reply that diminishes the importance of another speaker's immediately preceding statement.Rate it:
who died and left you in chargeSarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.Rate it:
who died and made you bossSarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.Rate it:
who do you think you are, you've not been to cardiff?You dont know anything. You have no knowkedge of the world or any wisdom.Rate it:
who goes thereA sentry's challenge to an intruder.Rate it:

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