A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

worker 
(block worker; body worker;
white-collar workers)
world 
(all the world and his wife;
ancient world; blind to the world;
brave new world, the; bring someone
into the world; citizen of the world;
come into the world; dead to the
world; depart out of this world;
down under world; end of the world,
the; for all the world; for the world;
go out into the world; go out of this
world; great world, the; greater
world, the; half the world; half-
world; have the best of both worlds;
have the world by the tail; in a
dream world; in a world apart; in
another world; in the next world; in
the second world; in the wide world;
in the world; in this world; little
world; lower world; man of the
world; never-never world, the; new
world, the; new world; old world; on
other worlds; out of this world; retire
from the world; set the world on fire;
small world; there’s a whole other
world out there; usher someone into
the world; wide world, the)
worm 
(open a can of worms)
worry 
(no worries; not to worry)
worse 
(i have seen worse)
worst 
(at one’s worst; at the worst; do
one’s worst; have the worst of it; in
the worst way; make the worst of it)
worth 
(for all it’s worth; for what it’s
worth)
wrap 
(under wraps)
write 
(be written in black and white;
nothing to write home about)
wrong 
(be in the wrong; be wrong; fly
the wrong flag; get off on the wrong
foot; get out of bed with the wrong
foot foremost; get someone in
wrong; get someone wrong; get the
wrong end of the stick; go down the
wrong way; go the wrong way; go
wrong; put all one’s money upon the
wrong horse; put someone in the
wrong; put the saddle on the wrong
horse)