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When the dust settles

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when the dust settles
1. (idiomatic) after an active or heated period.

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When the going gets tough ...

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This expression means that when faced with a difficult or dangerous situation, strong people take action in order to solve the problem.

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Tom has a positive attitude. He often says 'when the going gets tough, the tough get going'.



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When, as, and if

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when, as, and if
1. (idiomatic, law, finance, business) Used to indicate the timing and contingency of some obligation in contracts, especially financial.
? The dividend on the preferred stock shall be payable in equal amount to the dividend on the common stock when, as, and if the Company declares a dividend on the common stock.

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Where it's at

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where it's at (not comparable)
1. (idiomatic) true, truthful


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Where the sun don't shine

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where the sun don't shine
1. (chiefly US, idiomatic, euphemistic) Up or in the anus.
? You can take your unsolicited advice and stick it where the sun don't shine.

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Where the shoepinches

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When people talk about 'where the shoe pinches', they are referring to an area that is often a source of problems or difficulties.

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She's sure the public transport system works perfectly, but she'll find out where the shoe pinches when she starts using it!



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Where's the beef

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where's the beef?
1. (US, idiomatic) Where is the content? So what?

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Whichever way one slices it

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whichever way one slices it
1. (idiomatic) from any perspective; in every case
? Whichever way you slice it, we have to get out of here and we have to take him with us.

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While the going is good

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If you take action while the going is good, you do something before the situation changes and it is no longer possible.

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There's a 50% discount on subscriptions this month.  I think I'll subscribe while the going is good.



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Whip through

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whip through
1. (idiomatic) To do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.

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Whips and jingles

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whips and jingles (plural only)
1. (US, idiomatic) a state of torturous delirium, particularly delirium tremens

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Whisk away

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whisk away
1. (transitive, idiomatic) To take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey.


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Whisk off

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whisk off
1. (transitive, idiomatic) to rapidly remove.
? He was whisked off to the hospital.
2. (transitive, idiomatic) To take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey.

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Whiskey dick

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whiskey dick (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic, slang) Impotence caused by heavy drinking.


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Whisper campaign

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whisper campaign (plural whisper campaigns)
1. (idiomatic) A method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.


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Whistle dixie

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whistle Dixie (third-person singular simple present whistles Dixie, present participle whistling Dixie, simple past and past participle whistled Dixie)
1. (idiomatic, southern US) To engage in idle conversational fantasies.
? He said he was going to open a business next year, but I think he was just whistling Dixie.
? "Sure is hot!" / "You ain't whistlin' D

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Whistle in the dark

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If you whistle in the dark, you try to hide your fear in a scary or dangerous situation.
keep someone in the dark
1. (idiomatic) To deliberately not tell someone details about something

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Bob looks confident but he's just whistling in the dark; he knows he's going to lose his job.



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Whistle past the graveyard

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whistle past the graveyard
1. (idiomatic, US) To attempt to stay cheerful in a dire situation; to proceed with a task, ignoring an upcoming hazard, hoping for a good outcome.
2. (idiomatic, US) To enter a situation with little or no understanding of the possible consequences.

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Whistle walk

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whistle walk (plural whistle walks)
1. (US, idiomatic) The path slaves took to deliver food from the kitchen building of a plantation to the main dining room. Slaves were expected to whistle during this walk in order to assure their masters that they were not eating the food.

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Whistle-blower

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If you report an illegal or socially harmful activity to the authorities, and give information about those responsible for it, you are a whistle-blower.
whistle-blower (plural whistle-blowers)
1. (idiomatic) One who reports a problem or violation to the authorities; especially, an employee or former employee who reports a violation by an employer.
? We owe it to a small group of brave whistle-blowers that we know about the infractions at all.

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The poor working conditions were reported by a whistle-blower.



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Whistle-stop

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whistle-stop (plural whistle-stops)
1. (idiomatic) A small train station.
2. (politics) A brief stop on a campaign tour to make a speech or perform some other type of public electioneering
whistle-stop (not comparable)
1. (idiomatic) Extremely brief and hurried.
? We've only got 30 minutes at

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White as a sheet

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(as) white as a sheet
1. (simile, said of a human's complexion) Very white or pale, as if suffering from shock.

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White as driven snow

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white as driven snow (not comparable)
1. (simile) extremely white; totally white (of a color).

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White as snow

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white as snow (not comparable)
1. Very white.
? Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow.

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White christmas

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A white Christmas is when it snows at Christmas and the ground is white.

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We haven't had a white Christmas in twenty years.



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White coat hypertension

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white coat hypertension (uncountable)
1. (medicine, idiomatic) Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.


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White elephant

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If you call something a white elephant, you consider it useless although it may have cost a lot of money.
white elephant (plural white elephants)
1. An albino elephant.
2. (idiomatic) A possession that is unwanted or is a financial burden; an unprofitable investment.


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The new cultural centre is a real white elephant.  It's so isolated that nobody goes there!



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White hat

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white hat (plural white hats)
1. (idiomatic) A good person, hero
2. (computing, slang) A well-meaning hacker who hacks for a good cause or to aid a company, organization, or government without causing harm.

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White hole

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white hole (plural white holes)
1. (idiomatic) A theoretically possible but physically highly unlikely singularity from which matter and energy are able to escape; the antithesis of a black hole.

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White house

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White House
1. The official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America.
2. (idiomatic) The US presidency and its administration.
? The White House announced its support for the new law.



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White lie

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If you tell a white lie, you say something which is not true in order to protect someone or to avoid hurting their feelings.
white lie (plural white lies)
1. (idiomatic) A deliberate, untrue statement which does no harm or is intended to produce a favorable result.


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Some parents prefer to tell their children a white lie rather than announce bad news.



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White magic

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white magic (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic) Magic derived from good or benign forces, as distinct from evil or malevolent forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing good or giving aid.


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White marriage

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white marriage (plural white marriages)
1. (idiomatic) An unconsummated marriage.

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White on rice

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white on rice (not comparable)
1. (slang, idiomatic) a descriptive analogy of closeness. See like white on rice.

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White rider

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white rider (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic) another name for "Conquest/Pestilence", one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

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White sheep

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white sheep (plural white sheep)
1. Used other than as an idiom: see white,‎ sheep.
2. (idiomatic) a conformist; an unusual or conventional person
3. (idiomatic) a disliked person; one who is disfavored
? I was the white sheep of the family, the straight man.

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White trash

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white trash (uncountable)
1. (US, idiomatic, pejorative, ethnic slur) Poorly educated white person or people of low social status.
? This white trash can't pay for his own beer.
? He's just white trash.
? They're white trash'.

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White wedding

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white wedding (plural white weddings)
1. (idiomatic) A wedding in which the bride is still a virgin.
2. A wedding routine which generally includes a wedding ceremony, where the marriage is initiated, followed by a reception where the marriage is celebrated.
3. A wedding where the ceremony is inside a church

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White-knuckle

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white-knuckle (not comparable)
1. (idiomatic) Causing fear, excitement, apprehension, suspense, or nervousness.


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Whitewash

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1. A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.
2. (sports) A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep.
3. (obsolete) Any liquid composition for whitening something, such as a wash for making the skin fair.
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Whiz kid

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A whiz kid is someone, usually young, who is very talented and successful at doing something.
A whiz kid is someone, usually young, who is very talented and successful at doing something.

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Apparently the new engineer knows what he's doing - a real whiz-kid from what I've  heard.



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Who am i kidding

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who am I kidding?
1. said when one's own deception is blatantly clear to oneself


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Who are you and what have you done with someone

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who are you and what have you done with (someone)?
1. (colloquial, rhetorical question) Said to express surprise due to a perceived drastic change of behaviour of a person.


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Who ate all the pies

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who ate all the pies?
1. (UK, soccer, colloquial, pejorative, rhetorical question) An interjection used pejoratively against a fat person
? Who ate all the pies? Who ate all the pies? You fat bastard, you fat bastard, you ate all the pies

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Who cares

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who cares?
1. (colloquial, rhetorical question) A reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement, indicating indifference on the part of the speaker.
2. (colloquial, rhetorical question) A reply that diminishes the importance of another speaker's immediately preceding statement.


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Who died and left you in charge

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who died and left you in charge?
1. Sarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.

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Who died and made you boss

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who died and made you boss?
1. Sarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.

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Who knows

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who knows?
1. A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor knows who might.
? It could be one or the other, or both. Who knows?
? Do you think I'll get married before I turn 30? - Who knows, you might never marry.
2. A rhetorical question asked to express the idea that anything is possible or that anything could happen.
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Who shot john

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who shot John
1. (idiomatic) A long and involved explanation; a thing of which an explanation would be long and involved.


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Who writes this stuff

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who writes this stuff
1. (ironic) A rhetorical question commenting on the writing of a book, play, movie, etc.

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