W

Watched pot never boils, [94]

Water off duck’s back, [89]

Water one’s wine, to, [232]

Weakest go to the wall, [34]

Week of Sundays, [211]

Well begun is half done, [75]

Well, I never! [192]

Wet blanket, [147]

Wet to the skin, [215]

What a to-do, [6]

What cannot be cured, [82]

What is done cannot be undone, [203]

What is one man’s meat, [170]

When at Rome do as Rome does, [152]

When Greeks joined Greeks, [125]

When in doubt, [101]

When thieves fall out, [234]

When world was young, [219]

Where there’s a will, [124], [234]

While there’s life, [219]

Whip-hand, [32], [47]

Whistling woman, [120]

White elephant, [105]

Wholesale and retail, [138]

Whole show, [47]

Who lives longest sees most, [232]

Wild horses would not make him speak, [223]

Wilful waste makes woeful want, [93]

Will is as good as deed, [145], [234]

Willy-nilly, [137]

Wind and weather permitting, [219]

Wishes were horses, if, [212], [215]

Wish is father to thought, [88]

Woman’s instinct, [120]

Word to the wise, a, [26], [108], [209]

Work like a nigger, [198]

Workman blames tools, a bad, [175]

Worst come to worst, [12]

Worst wheel makes most noise, [50]

Worth his weight in gold, [184]

Worth a brass farthing, not, [92]

Wrong end of stick, [16]