Phrases.com »

Phrases related to: try as one may Page #81

Yee yee! We've found 4,077 phrases and idioms matching try as one may.

Sort:RelevancyA - Z
wife upto marry a woman; to make a woman one’s wifeRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
wife upto spend extensive or excessive time with one’s wife or girlfriend; to be under a woman’s thumb; to be whippedRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
wig outTo become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
wiggle roomThe opportunity to make alternative decisions or to pursue other courses of action, especially any involving only minor changes to one's present situation or course.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
will o' the wispA delusional or otherwise unobtainable goal that one feels compelled to pursue.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
willow in the windOne whose views are easily and regularly changed by the persuasion or influence of others.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
win aroundTo persuade someone who disagrees to agree with one's own point of view.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
win backTo get (someone) to be one's partner, after having been apart.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
win throughto attain one's goal in the end, despite obstacles along the wayRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
win upTo get back on one's feet. [14th-19th c.]Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
window on the worldSomething which provides information about or interaction with a variety of people, places, events, or things outside of one's immediate sphere of experience.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
wing itTo improvise; to make things up or figure things out as one goes; or to perform with little or no preparation.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
wiped out!The expression can be visualized as one would erase the blackboard, eliminate the moisture on the window glass.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
wise guyOne who is insolent or flippant; one who makes jokes or perpetrates pranks.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
wishful thinkingThe illusion that what one would like is actually true.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
with a willWith willingness and zeal; with all one's heart or strength; earnestly; heartily.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
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:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
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:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
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:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
worldA planet,especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
worm foodOne or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
worry wartOne who worries excessively or unnecessarily.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
would not throw someone out of bedan understatement meaning one finds a person sexually attractiveRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
wrap in the flagTo claim one's cause deserves support for patriotic reasons or that one's own motives are patriotic.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
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:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
wrestling with a pigTo engage in a pointless task that leaves one worse off for having made an honest attempt.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
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:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
write your own scriptEncouragement to decide one’s own fateRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
wrong side of the tracksMay refer to area where the working class, poor or extremely poor live.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
yell silentlyTo think very strong thoughts, that one wishes to yell out loud but does not.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
yield upTo give something against one's will.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
YMMVInitialism of your mileage may vary.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can give someone knowledge, advice or an opportunity or try to make something easy for them, but you can’t force them to believe it, act on it, or benefit from itRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
you can't walk on iceOne cannot except to go onto the battlefield, without all of your equipmentRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
you crack me up.One that makes someone else to laugh.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
you get what you pay for!Buy a bargain you may get a reduced value surprise!Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
you only get what you giveThere is a positive correlation between the effort one puts in and the benefits one receives.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
you winUsed to express resignation. To concede defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
you're no ham sandwichOne is either wealthy or desirable or not wealthy nor desirable.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
your actions speak so loudly that your words i cannot hearWhen you say you know something yet you fail to act as if that knowledge were true, it shows you don't really know that something to be true; it essentially calls the person a hypocrite since they say one thing and do another; same as the phrase "To know and not to do is not to know"Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
your eyes are bigger than your bellyTo take more food on one's plate than one can eatRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
YWMVInitialism of your wallet may vary : you may have more or less money to spend, or different financial priorities.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
будь что будетwhatever will be, will be; whatever works; come what mayRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
אין דין ואין דייןNo one is enforcing law and order.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
גמר חתימה טובהMay you be signed and sealed in the Book of Life; a common greeting on and before Yom Kippur.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
גמר טובMay you be signed and sealed in the Book of Life; a common greeting on and before Yom Kippur.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
הפנה לו את הגבto turn one's backRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
ואהבת לרעך כמוךlove your neighbor as yourself, love thy neighbor as thyself; The Golden Rule: the principle that one should treat other people in the manner in which one would want to be treated by them.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
ז״לOf blessed memory, may he/she/they rest in peace; used after a reference to one or more deceased people.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
טמן ראשו בחולto bury one's head in the sandRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

Alternative searches for try as one may:

Quiz

Are you a phrases master?

»
Time will ________ if he's the right one for you.
A double
B fly
C tell

Browse Phrases.com

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ