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whatchumacallitWhat you may call it.Rate it:

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whatever creams your twinkieDo what you will, whatever makes you happy.Rate it:

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whatever floats your boatWhat makes you happy; what stimulates you.Rate it:

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what’s its pickle?When you can't remember someone’s name. You say. “Oh that guy in HR, what’s its pickle?Rate it:

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wheel outUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see wheel,‎ out.Rate it:

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wheel outTo employ or bring out.Rate it:

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when in rome, do as the romans dobehave as those around you do, especially when you are in a new and/or unfamiliar placeRate it:

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when life gives you lemonsWhen trials are laid before youRate it:

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when life gives you lemons, make lemonadeMake use of a new oppurtunityRate it:

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when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.When life gives you lemons, make lemonade is a proverbial phrase used to encourage optimism and a positive can-do attitude in the face of adversity or misfortune.Rate it:

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when the chips are downA difficult situation in which you are forced to decide what is important to you.Rate it:

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when you're hot, you're hot. when you're not, you're notYou're either hot or you're not. There's no in between.Rate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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when you're right, you're right, right-right.You know your right not wrongRate it:

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where are youwhere are you?Rate it:

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where are you fromIn which country or region were you born or raised?Rate it:

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where do you liveUsed to ask where the person lives.Rate it:

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where do you live atAlternative form of where do you liveRate it:

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where does it hurtAsked to find out where a wounded or ill person is feeling pain.Rate it:

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where have you beenwhere have you been?Rate it:

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where i'm at is not where i'm going to beYour current situation can always change as long as you work hardRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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where you at"Where are you?" Used as an inquiry of location, especially figuratively.Rate it:

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wherever you go, there you are(colloquial, clichRate it:

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which do you want first, the good news or the bad news?An expression stated before having to share bad news (sometimes there is no good news)Rate it:

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whip outto pull something out with a sudden jerk.Rate it:

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whip outto complete or make something in a quick fashion.Rate it:

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whistling dixieIf you say someone ain't just whistling Dixie, it means they're not kidding around.Rate it:

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white elephantSomething you have but uselessRate it:

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white outTo hide an error or other material on a surface by covering it with correcting fluid.Rate it:

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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:

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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:

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who died and left you in chargeSarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.Rate it:

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who died and made you bossSarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.Rate it:

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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:

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whoops there it isIt is what you have or what the situation isRate it:

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whore outTo prostitute, take advantage of, exploit, show off; to hire out or provide to others like a whore; to pimp, swap one's sex partner.Rate it:

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why don't you pick on someone your own sizeSaid to make someone cease harassing or bullying someone else.Rate it:

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why i ougthtta...!a threat often accompanied by a n arm gesture of backhanding someone in the face; it means I ought to slap you in the face (or do something worse); exactly WHAT the speaker ought to do is implied almost as if it is a fill-in-the-blank statement where the blank is filled in with something very bad. It isn't a question. (The "why" part of the phrase isn't asking why, it's telling the listener that something bad should happen to him because of what he just said or did wrong.)Rate it:

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widow's walkA roof-top walkway or balcony associated with the homes of early sea captains from which the wife could see far out to sea and hope to catch a glimpse of her returning husband's ship...or not. Sailing in wooden ships and/or whaling was a hazardous business.Rate it:

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wie alt bist duhow old are youRate it:

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wie geht esliterally "how goes it?", how are you, often abbreviated to wie geht's?Rate it:

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wie geht es dirhow are you, often abbreviated to wie geht's?Rate it:

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wie geht es euchhow are youRate it:

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wie geht es Ihnenhow are youRate it:

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wie geht'show are youRate it:

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wie gehtshow are you, what's upRate it:

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wife upto spend extensive or excessive time with one’s wife or girlfriend; to be under a woman’s thumb; to be whippedRate it:

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wig outTo become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions.Rate it:

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will you marry meUsed to propose marriage to someoneRate it:

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