take a long view; with the view of something) virtue (by virtue of something; in virtue of something) vision (color vision; colored vision) voice (be in voice; find one’s voice; have a voice; have voice; lose one’s voice) volume (speak volumes for something) voter (swing voter) vow (make a vow; make one’s vows) vulture (eagle vulture) wagon (dinner wagon; fall off the wagon; go on the wagon; on the wagon; patrol wagon) wait (be in waiting; just you wait; lie in wait) walk (at a walk; go at a walk; go for a walk; in a walk) walker (floor-walker) wall (be put up against the wall; be up against the wall; climb up the wall; come up against a blank wall; come up against a brick wall; drive some- one to the wall; drive someone up the wall; fly on the wall; go over the wall; hit the wall running; jump over the wall; off the wall; over the wall; run into a stone wall; run one’s head into a brick wall; run one’s head into a stone wall; stone wall; writing on the wall) want (be in want; be wanting) war (be in a war; be in the wars; go to the war; go to war; honors of war) ward (casual ward; casualty ward) warm (get warmed up) warmer (bench warmer; chair warmer) wash (all washed out; all washed up; come out in the wash; hog-wash;) washing (do the washing; pig-wash- ing) washing-up (do the washing-up) watch (night watch) water (angel-water; at low water; be in deep waters; be in murky waters; be in uncharted waters; blow someone out of the water; burn the water; carry water in a sieve; fire-water; fish in murky waters; get into hot water; head of water; high water; hold one’s water; hold water; holy water; in deep water; in low water; king of waters; like water; like water off a duck’s back; open water; pour cold water on someone; pour water into a sieve; take in water; take the water; take the waters; throw cold water on someone; tread water; turn some- one’s water off; under water; walk on water; waste of water; waste water; wasted water; weak as water; writing on water) waterworks (turn on the waterworks) wave (make waves; raise waves) way (all the way; all the way live; any way; come a long way; come some- one’s way; cut both ways; either way; every way; get in the way of some- thing; get into the way of some- thing; get out of the way; get out of the way of doing something; give way to something; go a long way; go all the way; go all the way with someone; go back a long way; go one’s own way; go one’s way; go out of one’s way; go out of the way to do something; go someone’s way; half- way; have a way with someone; have it both ways; have one’s own way; have one’s way with someone; in a big way; in a family way; in a great way; in a way; in no way; in one’s way; in the family way; in the way; know one’s way about; know one’s way around; lose one’s way; lose way; make one’s own way; make one’s way; make way for something; mend one’s ways; milky way; no way; on one’s way; on the way; one way or another; one way or the other; pave the way for something; pay one’s way; put oneself out of the way; put someone out of the way; swing both ways; swing either way; that’s the way it goes; that’s the way the ball bounces; that’s the way the cookie crumbles; that’s the way the cow eats the cabbage; that’s the way to go; there are more ways than one to kill a cat; there are no two ways about it; there’s more than one way to kill a cat; win one’s way) weather (below the weather; under the weather) wedding (white wedding) weekend (like a wet weekend) weight (carry one’s weight; carry weight; dead weight; flying weight; give full weight to something; give weight to something; lay a weight on something; lay weight on something; live weight; make up the weight; make weight; put on weight; put the weight; throw one’s weight; throw one’s weight about) welcome (be welcome; be welcomed) well (as well as; be well away; be well off; do someone well; do well; do well by someone; do well for oneself; do well in something; do well out of something; fare well; feel well; look well; speak well for something; speak well of something; stay well) west (go west; middle west) wet (be all wet; be wet) what (or what) whatever (or whatever) wheel (fifth wheel; fly on the wheel; grease the wheels; keep the wheels turning; reinvent the wheel; set the wheels in motion; spin the wheels; squeaky wheel gets the grease, the; third wheel) while (all the while; worth while) whistle (clean as a whistle) white (admiral of the white; black and white; in the white; in white; whiter than white) whole (go the whole gamut; in the whole; on the whole) wide (far and wide) wild (call of the wild; go wild; in the wild; in the wilds; life in the wild; run wild) wilderness (life in the wilderness) willie (holy willie) wind (bag of wind; be in the wind; beat the wind; between wind and water; break the wind; break wind; get one’s wind; get the wind of something; get the wind up; get wind; get wind of something; hang in the wind; know which way the wind blows; out of the wind; out of wind; raise the wind; straws in the wind; take wind; throw straws against the wind; whistle against the wind; whistle down the wind; whis- tle up the wind) window (go out the window) wine (red wine) wing (clip someone’s wings; give some- one wings; on a wing and a prayer; on the wing; on wings; take wing; try one’s wings; with wings) wire (be on the wire; be on wires; be wired; beat someone to the wire; come down to the wire; come under the wire; dead wire; go down to the wire; go under the wire; hot wire; live wire; over the wire; pull one’s wire; pull wires; under the wire; under wire) wish (death-wish; dying wish) wit (have one’s wits about one; have the wit to do something) with (do with something; what with; what’s with) without (do without something) wizard (wonderful wizard of oz, the) wolf (keep the wolf at bay; sea wolf; water-wolf ) woman (career woman; common woman; first woman, the; floor woman; little woman; old woman; scarlet woman; scarlet woman, the; sporting woman; street woman) wonder (for a wonder; nine-day won- der; ninety-day wonder; to a won- der) wood (be out of the woods; from the wood; man of the woods; out of the wood; take to the woods) woodwork (come out of the wood- work) wool (goats’ wool; more cry than wool) word (archaic word; archaistic word; at a word; big word; book of words; by word of mouth; clip one’s words; exchange a few words with someone; exchange words with someone; famous last words; fiery words; get a word in; get in a word; give one’s word; give someone one’s word; give someone the word; give the word; Key Word Index 396 –