| wooden spoonist | | | |
| word of finger | | | |
| words fail someone | | | |
| work back | | | |
| work it out on the remix | | | |
| work of art | | | |
| work someone's arse off | | | |
| work the room | | | |
| world-beater | | | |
| worlds away | | | |
| worse for liquor | | | |
| worship the porcelain goddess | | | |
| worth a Jew's eye | | | |
| worth one's while | | | |
| wouldn't be seen dead | | | |
| wouldn't you say | | | |
| wrack and ruin | | | |
| wrap in the flag | | | |
| wrap up | | | |
| write checks one can't cash | | | |
| write for the drawer | | | |
| writer's cramp | | | |
| write the book | | | |
| written in the stars | | | |
| wrong crowd | | | |
| W-shaped recession | | | |
| wag the dog | | | |
| wait around | | | |
| wait for the ball to drop | | | |
| wait for the dust to settle | | | |
| wait in the wings | | | |
| wait on hand, foot and finger | | | |
| wait out | | | |
| wait till the clouds roll by | | | |
| wake up and smell the coffee | | | |
| wake up one day | | | |
| walk a mile in someone's shoes | | | |
| walk and chew gum at the same time | | | |
| walk free | | | |
| walk in on | | | |
| walk off with | | | |
| walk of life | | | |
| walk on eggshells | | | |
| walk one's chalks | | | |
| walk on water | | | |
| walk over | | | |
| walk the dog | | | |
| walk the floor | | | |
| walk the streets | | | |
| walk the talk | | | |
| wall of silence | | | |
| wall-to-wall | | | |
| want for nothing | | | |
| want someone's nachos | | | |
| warm-blooded | | | |
| warm body | | | |
| warm the cockles of someone's heart | | | |
| war of nerves | | | |
| wash a blackamoor white | | | |
| washed out | | | |
| wash oneself of | | | |
| wash out | | | |
| waste not, want not | | | |
| waste of breath | | | |
| watch one's language | | | |
| watch one's step | | | |
| watch over | | | |
| watch the world go by | | | |
| water down | | | |
| watering hole | | | |
| water to one's mill | | | |
| watery grave | | | |
| wave away | | | |
| wave of the hand | | | |
| wax the dolphin | | | |
| way back when | | | |
| way out of a paper bag | | | |
| weaker vessel | | | |
| weak tea | | | |
| we are where we are | | | |
| wear out one's welcome | | | |
| wear sackcloth and ashes | | | |
| wear thin | | | |
| wear yellow stockings | | | |
| weasel out | | | |
| we been knew | | | |
| wedding-cake | | | |
| week in, week out | | | |
| we have company | | | |
| weigh against | | | |
| weigh in | | | |
| weigh up | | | |
| welfare Cadillac | | | |
| well and truly | | | |
| well, I never | | | |
| well-oiled machine | | | |
| Welsh comb | | | |
| were you born in a tent | | | |
| wet blanket | | | |
| wet boy | | | |