| 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 |