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Weak at the knees Knees are considered weak when they do not want to support themselves or get a job Walking on air This feat can be done but only temporarily while falling Warm and fuzzy A feeling one gets when one fails to make it to the bathroom in time Warm the cockles of your heart Romantic self-delusion based on the false belief that hearts have cockles. Waste not, want not A meaningless phrase especially to the poor who have nothing to waste in the first place Water over the dam What people heard just before the big flood Watering hole A popular name for underwater bars Watery grave What you get if you spend too much time at the watering hole Way to go The above is also considered a bad…. Wear many hats This is said of people with more than one head Wear your heart on your sleeve A gruesome thing teens do when the think they are in love Weasel words When weasels speak Wedge politics Why politics is regarded as “Cheesy” Wee buns What ants use for their hot-dogs at the family picnic Well-oiled A salon treatment often performed in bed rooms Yank my chain A complaint many toilets have of rough treatment Yen for something Type of payment demanded in China Yes-men These are found in great numbers in board rooms You are what you eat So my advice is not to eat kumquats You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar But if your goal is to kill flies use the vinegar You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family This states that for many family members are not also friends You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink True, horses generally do avoid alcohol You can say that again When certain speakers hear voices in their head You can't have cake and eat it too Not true . Had some cake for lunch and ate it right in front of everybody You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear And the sows are much relieved You can't take it with you Not true . Write yourself a big check and have someone bury it with you. You can't unring a bell Not true . An unrung bell is silent You could have knocked me down with a feather An Olsen twin commenting upon her own weight You're toast A cannibal saying You've made your bed- you'll have to lie in it Refers to the many prevarications told while lying in bed Young blood Vampire cravings Young Turk Vampire craving for Turkish youth Your belly button is bigger than your stomach What happens sometimes to a very pregnant woman Your call This is often preceded by “I waited three days for…” Zero tolerance Refers to long period of time before the number zero was accepted in the west Zigged before you zagged Snobbish comment among those men who roll their own cigarettes
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