Идиомы на букву W

• wade into
  нападать, присоединяться к (драке)

  Paul was quick to wade into the boys with his fists flying.
• wag one's chin
  болтать, молоть языком

  Liza met Wanda in the tea room, and she wagged her chin with an old friend for a long time.
• wait on (someone) hand and foot
  делать всё возможное для кого-либо, служить верой и правдой

  Moira is a spoiled child because her parents wait on her hand and foot.
• wait tables
  подавать еду (в ресторане или кафе)

  To earn some pocket money Tina was waiting tables in the college cafeteria.
• wait up (for someone)
  ждать кого-либо (не ложиться спать)

  When I lived with my parents, either my mother or my father always waited up for me when I went out.
• wait with bated breath
  ждать с нетерпением; ждать, затаив дыхание

  Jack waited with bated breath for the results of his medical tests.
• wait-and-see attitude
  нерешительная, выжидательная позиция

  If you are uncertain about something, it's always wise to take a wait-and-see attitude.
• waiting in the wings
  быть готовым к чему-либо

  The vice-president of the company was waiting in the wings to help the chairman to conduct the meeting.
• wake the dead
  быть способным разбудить \ поднять мёртвых

  Last night our neighbors were making enough noise to wake the dead.
• walk a tightrope
  рисковать, "ходить по канату"

  In a job like his a man is walking a tight rope all the time, and he'd better be quick on his feet if he doesn't want to fall down.
• walk all over (an opponent)
  одержать лёгкую победу

  Our basketball team walked all over the other team at the spring competition.
• walk all over (someone)
  использовать кого-либо в своих корыстных целях или интересах

  Jill is so friendly and helpful that people walk all over her.
• walk away/off with (something)
  стащить, унести без разрешения

  I would never believe that a thief walked off with a safe full of money in broad daylight.
• walk down the aisle together
  пожениться, пойти к алтарю

  Lester Fisher and Margaret McBright walked down the aisle together on January 15.
• walk of life
  общественное положение, род занятий

  People from every walk of life enjoy watching movies.
• walk on air
  чувствовать себя очень счастливым или взволнованным

  Mary has been walking on air since she won in the state lottery.
• walk on eggs
  быть очень осторожным

  I must walk on eggs if I want to comply with the requirements of my job.
• walk out
  забастовать

  The workers who walked out on strike on Monday were fired on Tuesday.
• walk out of (something)
  внезапно уйти, покинуть что-либо

  John didn't say he wasn't coming back; he just walked out of the room
• walk out on
  бросать, уходить от кого-либо

  The man walked out on his wife and children.
• walk the floor
  шагать взад и в перёд

  In his office my boss walked the floor, trying to reach a decision.
• walk the plank
  быть вынужденным уйти с работы

  David was forced to walk the plank when the new owner bought the business.
• walking papers
  известить кого-либо об увольнении

  Mr. Goodchild was not satisfied with Jack's work and gave him his walking papers.
• Walls have ears
  нас могут услышать (и у стен есть уши)

  "It's a secret. Speak in a low voice. Walls have ears, you know."
• waltz off with (something)
  добиться лёгкой победы в чём-либо

  Garry waltzed off with the chess tournament yesterday.
• want for nothing
  ни в чём не нуждаться

  I know that Silvia wants for nothing, yet she is not satisfied with her life.
• warm one's blood/heart
  согреть, согреваться, оживляться

  When the Parkers came to visit on a cold night, Mr. Simon offered them a drink to warm their blood.
• warm the bench
  сидеть на скамье запасных

  Tom Smith has been warming the bench for three football seasons.
• warm the cockles of (someone's) heart
  радовать кого-либо, согревать душу

  They treated him as if he had just come back from the North Pole, and it warmed the cockles of his heart.
• warm up
  разминаться, готовиться к игре

  The football coach told them to warm up before the match.
• warm up to (someone or something)
  оживляться, становиться заинтересованным или дружелюбным

  It takes an hour or so for some children to warm up to strangers.
• warts and all
  всецело, включая что-либо плохое

  Jordan seems to like Leila warts and all.
• wash one's dirty linen in public
  говорить о личных проблемах публично; выносить сор из избы, перемывать грязное бельё

  Sam felt a strong distaste for the washing anybody's dirty linen in public.
• wash one's hands of (someone or something)
  отказаться от ответственности за кого-либо \ что-либо, "умыть руки"

  Sam Davidson washed his hands of politics long ago.
• washed up
  конченый, загубленный, изнурённый

  Sullivan looks awfully sad. I hear his business has collapsed and he is all washed up.