| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| whup your ass |
defeat you badly, win decisively, wipe you
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On the chessboard you can defeat Gilles, but on the racetrack
he'll whup your ass!
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| why in the name of... |
why, why in the world
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I want to know why in the name of heaven she bought that gun.
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| why in the world |
why, why is it? for the life of me
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Why in the world would anyone want to live in the desert?
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| wicked |
exciting, terrific, cool
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"Wicked!" Dawn said when she saw my haircut. "It looks great."
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| wide awake |
fully awake, alert
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After the bear stuck his head in our tent, I was wide awake.
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| wild |
exciting, awesome, rad
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"Do you like my new shirt?" "Ya, man. It's wild."
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| wild about |
like a lot, crazy about, mad about
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I'm just wild about Harry, but he doesn't care about me.
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| wild and woolly |
uncivilized, like an animal
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When cowboys are on the range, they become wild and woolly.
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| wild goose chase |
(See a wild goose chase)
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| willy-nilly |
whether you want it or not, without choice
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I continue to receive junk mail - willy-nilly - like it or not!
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