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wiped out!The expression can be visualized as one would erase the blackboard, eliminate the moisture on the window glass.Rate it:

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wise guyOne who is insolent or flippant; one who makes jokes or perpetrates pranks.Rate it:

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wishful thinkingThe illusion that what one would like is actually true.Rate it:

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with a willWith willingness and zeal; with all one's heart or strength; earnestly; heartily.Rate it:

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with every fiber of one’s beingConclusively, very strongly or to the fullest extent possible; Also: with the entirety of one’s enthusiasm, conviction, or desireRate it:

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with friends like these who needs enemiesAn expression indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents.Rate it:

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with one voiceIn unison.Rate it:

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with one voiceIn a mutually agreeing or like-minded manner; concordantly.Rate it:

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with one's bare handsbarehandedlyRate it:

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with one's dick in one's handIn a state of being unprepared, powerless, or idle.Rate it:

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with one's hand in the cookie jarWhile committing a theft, especially while embezzling money.Rate it:

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with one's head held highproudly, with prideRate it:

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with one's jaw in one's lapastonished, amazedRate it:

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within an inch of one’s lifeFiguratively or hyperbolically, means very soundly, thoroughly, or completely; To an extreme degree or extent; often follows the verb ‘beat’ to mean ‘very close to or near death’Rate it:

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wits' endLimit of one's sanity or mental capacity; point of desperation; often said when you can't find an answer and you don't want to try any more.Rate it:

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wonder of wondersA happening, an event, a pleasing circumstance, results beyond one's wildest dream or expectation:Rate it:

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word for wordusing exactly the same words, verbatimRate it:

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word has itpeople who gossip are saying that..., there is a rumor going around that...Rate it:

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Word of MouthRumors through oral communication, gossips spreading through spoken communicationRate it:

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word of mouthVerbal means of passing of information.Rate it:

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word of mouthAdvertising from a satisfied customerRate it:

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word on the streetThe rumour or news going around on the street.Rate it:

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word on the wireThe rumour or news going around on the Internet, in business, on the street, or in social circles.Rate it:

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word playUsed other than as an idiom: see word, play.Rate it:

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word playA technique in which the nature of the words used become part of the subject of the work, such as puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names.Rate it:

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word to the wiseA piece of advice.Rate it:

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word-for-wordUsing exactly the same words (as were originally used).Rate it:

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words of one syllableSimple, clear, straightforward language; blunt language.Rate it:

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work one's arse offWork excessively or to the point of exhaustion.Rate it:

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work one's butt offTo work very hard or to excess.Rate it:

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work one's fingers to the boneWork especially hard, usually for an extended period.Rate it:

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work one's magicTo achieve something favourable and desired through the application of special skills, talents, or expertise.Rate it:

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work one's tail offWork excessively or to the point of exhaustion.Rate it:

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work spouseA man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship having bonds similar to those of a marriage: special confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and unusual degree of honesty or openness.Rate it:

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work the roomTo interact with one's audience, taking queues from its reactions and adapting one's performance or words to elicit the audience's attention and enthusiasm.Rate it:

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worldA planet,especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.Rate it:

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worm foodOne or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains.Rate it:

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worry wartOne who worries excessively or unnecessarily.Rate it:

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worth one's saltCompetent or adept.Rate it:

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worth one's whileGood and important enough for one to spend time, effort, or money on.Rate it:

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would not throw someone out of bedan understatement meaning one finds a person sexually attractiveRate it:

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wrap around one's fingersTo make one susceptible to desire, in that their behavior or actions are influenced.Rate it:

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wrap around one's little fingerTo successfully control or exert influence over, especially for a sustained period of time.Rate it:

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wrap in the flagTo claim one's cause deserves support for patriotic reasons or that one's own motives are patriotic.Rate it:

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wrap one's head aroundTo come to a good understanding of; believe or accept something shocking; also to wrap one's mind aroundRate it:

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wrap one's head aroundTo crash into (something, especially a pole) messily and fatally while travelling in a motor vehicle.Rate it:

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wrap one's head aroundUsed other than as an idiom: see wrap, head, around.Rate it:

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wrap someone around your little fingerA feeling, a sense, an awareness one realizes when another is deeply devoted, lovingly loyal and shares a mutuality in myriad areas in each other and their lives.Rate it:

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wrestling with a pigTo engage in a pointless task that leaves one worse off for having made an honest attempt.Rate it:

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wring outTo squeeze a wet material, either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.Rate it:

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