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water to my millWhat energizes you; what stimulates you.Rate it:

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Water Under the BridgeUsed to signify a life situation that has already happened and cannot be changed; therefore, one should not worry about it. The analogy to water having passed under the bridge means that there is nothing you can do about it since it's already passed, so no reason to dwell on it. What's done is done.Rate it:

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wbuAbbreviation of what about you?Rate it:

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WDYMBTInitialism of what do you mean by that?.Rate it:

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WDYTInitialism of what do you think?.Rate it:

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we have waysA shortened version of "We have ways of making you talk." Usually said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies. Also pronounced as "Vee have vays" to imitate a German accent.Rate it:

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wenn man vom Teufel sprichtspeak of the devilRate it:

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what cheerhow are you?Rate it:

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what givesHow are you?Rate it:

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what the dickensEuphemism for what the Devil, used to add emphasis to "what" when beginning a question.Rate it:

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what was thatWhat did you just say?Rate it:

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what's cookingWhat's happening?; what's going on?; how are you?.Rate it:

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what's newAn informal greeting asking the other person what has recently happened in their lives. A typical response might be, "Not much, you?". At times the greeting may not be literal and might just be used as a synonym for hello or what's up.Rate it:

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what's on your mindWhat are you thinking about?Rate it:

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what's the beefWhy are you complaining? What are you complaining about?Rate it:

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what's upHow are you?.Rate it:

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what's upWhat are you doing?.Rate it:

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what's yoursWhat do you want to drink?Rate it:

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whatever creams your twinkieDo what you will, whatever makes you happy.Rate 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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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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whoops there it isIt is what you have or what the situation isRate 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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why the dickensEuphemism for why the Devil, used to add emphasis to "why" when beginning a question.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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win some, lose someAlternative form of you win some, you lose someRate 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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wo wohnen Siewhere do you liveRate it:

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wo wohnst duwhere do you liveRate it:

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work 'im over!To give someone heavy criticism, 'dress him down', 'read him out', let him know 'who's the boss'!Rate it:

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work smarter, not harderIt's better to be wise than vigorous.Rate it:

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workers of the world, uniteLaborers are encouraged to unionize or otherwise engage in collective action on a global scale in order to use the strength of their numbers to obtain better conditions.Rate it:

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WUU2What are you doing at the moment?Rate it:

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wyaInitialism of where you at.Rate it:

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WYCIWYGWhat you cache is what you get: A URI scheme specific to the Mozilla family of web browsers which indicates that a link should be preferentially fetched from cache instead of from the web server.Rate it:

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wydInitialism of what you doing.Rate it:

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wymAbbreviation of what do you mean?.Rate it:

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WYMMInitialism of will you marry me.Rate it:

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WYSIWYGWhat you see is what you get.Rate it:

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WYSIWYMwhat you see is what you mean.Rate it:

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WYSIWYMwhat you see is what you match.Rate it:

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ya te digoyou betcha; damn right; too rightRate it:

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YBYSAIAInitialism of you bet your sweet ass I am : a strong affirmative response.Rate it:

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