Идиома "waiting in the wings" с переводом
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Другие английские идиомы на букву W
- Wipe off
- Wear off/away
- White sale
- Waltz off with (something)
- With open arms
- Work one's way through college
- Wild horses could not drag (someone away)
- Walk a tightrope
- Win by a neck
- Watch out for (someone or something)
- Without rhyme or reason
- Walk out of (something)
- Whale of (something)
- Work on/upon
- Washed up
- Worm one's way out of (something)
- Warm one's blood/heart
- Whip up (something)
- Word to the wise
- What's new?
- With an eye to (doing something)
- With the best of them
- With a vengeance
- Wear out one's welcome
- With all the fixings
- With a heavy heart
- Whoop it up
- Work wonders (with someone or something)
- Well-to-do
- What have you been up to?
- Wear and tear
- Wouldn't touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole
- Whip up
- Weather permitting
- Wrap (someone) around one's little finger
- Wipe (someone's) slate clean
- Walk out
- Wear the pants in one's family
- When the time is ripe
- Wing smth.
- Would just as soon
- Walk away/off with (something)
- Worth one's salt
- Wake the dead
- Win by a nose
- What's what
- What's cooking?
- Walk the plank
- Work overtime
- With an eye/view to (doing something)