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Идиомы на букву W

• What are you driving at?
  На что вы намекаете? Что вы имеете в виду?

  My friend was very vague about it all, and I really didn't understand what he was driving at.
• waltz off with (something)
  добиться лёгкой победы в чём-либо

  Garry waltzed off with the chess tournament yesterday.
• wring (someone's) hand
  долго не выпускать чью-либо руку

  I hadn't seen Tim for ages, and when we met he stood wringing my hand for a long time.
• wait tables
  подавать еду (в ресторане или кафе)

  To earn some pocket money Tina was waiting tables in the college cafeteria.
• with every (other) breath
  (постоянно) говорить, повторять что-либо

  My mother always tells me with every other breath not to come home late.
• 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.
• well-to-do
  состоятельные, обеспеченные (слои общества)

  My friend's father owns a prosperous company and his family is quite well-to-do.
• What's done is done.
  что сделано – сделано, сделанного не воротишь

  It is silly of me to refuse their invitation, but what's done is done.
• walk out
  забастовать

  The workers who walked out on strike on Monday were fired on Tuesday.
• with relish
  с наслаждением

  I was very hungry and ate my food with relish.
• wheel and deal
  торговаться, договариваться

  Mr. Smith made a fortune by wheeling and dealing on the stock market.
• wishful thinking
  стремление видеть всё таким, как хочется, самообольщение

  "It is your wishful thinking that David cares for you; I know for sure he doesn't."
• with impunity
  безнаказанно

  Young Steve was sure he could do anything he wanted with impunity.
• wear out
  износиться, изнашиваться

  Cheap clothes soon wear out.
• words stick in one's throat
  с трудом говорить из-за волнения, "слова застряли в горле"

  I wanted to console Myra because of her loss, but the words stuck in my throat and I couldn't say a thing.
• wouldn't touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole
  ни за что бы не связался с кем-либо или не ввязался во что-либо

  If I knew Kimberly were so stingy, I wouldn't have touched her books with a ten-foot pole.
• water (something) down
  сглаживать, смягчать

  His story was watered down by making the details less vivid.
• with it
  быть предупреждённым, хорошо осведомлённым

  The drug dealer was really with it when he hastily left the town.
• work over
  угрожать или избить (кого-либо)

  Last Saturday right after midnight, the hoodlums worked over Timothy in the park.
• would just as soon
  скорее предпочёл бы

  I would just as soon meet Tim in a restaurant than invite him to my house.
• wake the dead
  быть способным разбудить \ поднять мёртвых

  Last night our neighbors were making enough noise to wake the dead.
• work in
  втирать, проникать, просачиваться

  The mother told Silvia to put some ointment on her skin and to work it in gently with her fingers.
• with a vengeance
  решительно и со рвением

  I stayed away from my job for a month and then after a long break I started it again with a vengeance.
• 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
• wade into
  нападать, присоединяться к (драке)

  Paul was quick to wade into the boys with his fists flying.
• word to the wise
  умный понимает с полуслова

  The boss had once spoken to Jerry about being late all the time, and he supposed that a word to the wise was enough.
• walking papers
  известить кого-либо об увольнении

  Mr. Goodchild was not satisfied with Jack's work and gave him his walking papers.
• when push comes to shove
  когда ситуация ухудшается

  "Can I count on your goodwill, when push comes to shove?"
• what makes (someone) tick
  что-либо, что движет кем-либо

  I could never understand what made Julia tick, what made her refuse our invitation.
• walk all over (an opponent)
  одержать лёгкую победу

  Our basketball team walked all over the other team at the spring competition.
• with ease
  с лёгкостью, непринуждённо

  Adam answered all the questions with ease.
• wear out one's welcome
  надоедать кому-либо визитами

  Serge has worn out his welcome, and I don't want to see him any more.
• 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.
• What's (up) with (someone)
  Что случилось с (кем-либо)?

  "What's up with you? You seem to be upset about something."
• well-off
  зажиточный

  The Browns may not be millionaires, but they are sufficiently well-off.