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Walk a mile in another man's shoes (proverb)	ponerse en los zapatos de otro	(Non-member)
Walk the ground floor	mantened los pies en la tierra / descended de las alturas	emoreda
we eat our own dogfood	usamos lo que producimos (especialmente software)	(Non-member)
weapon of choice	técnicas favoritas	Rafael Molina Pulgar
wedding-cake building	edificio vistoso/recargado	(Non-member)
Weeping and a-wailin' tonight.	llorando y gimiendo toda la noche	(Non-member)
weigh in the balance	sopesar (Colombia, etc.); poner en la balanza (España, Argentina); ponderar (Chile) (Proz)	Michael Powers (PhD)
Well, jump right back in, 'cause we're going out!	ver respuesta de la pregunta anterior	Lydia De Jorge
Were you raised in a barn?	¿Vives en carpa?/ ¿Es que no tienen puertas en tu casa?	Cecilia Della Croce
What a blast!	¡Qué pasada!	(Non-member)
What you are thunders so loudly that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.	Quien eres habla tan fuerte que no escucho lo que dices	(Non-member)
What's in it for me	¿qué gano yo con eso? / ¿cómo me favorece?	Maria Baquero
What's the catch?	¿Y cuál es el truco? / ¿y dónde está la trampa?	(Non-member)
when all is said and done	al fin y al cabo	(Non-member)
when does the rubber hit the road ...?	Cuando se prenden los motores ...? cuando comienza la accion...?	Marialba Baez
when it rains it pours	las desgracias nunca vienen solas	Margarita Palatnik
When push came to shove	cuando llegue el momento / a la hora de la verdad	Smartranslators
when the chickens come home to roost	quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades	Walter Landesman
when the other shoe's going to fall	cuándo va a suceder lo inevitable	(Non-member)
where it's at	el último grito (España); estar de onda, estar de moda (Argentina); es el lugar, es lo mero bueno, es la pura onda, es lo máximo	Michael Powers (PhD)

where it’s been	si se ha cuidado/ no sabe con cuantas ha estado	(Non-member)
Which is no mean feat	lo cual no es suficiente...	Andrea Strada
whittling and spitting	tallando y escupiendo	(Non-member)
who are we kidding?	Por favor, ¿a quién queremos engañar/ tratamos de engañar?	Yvonne Becker
who died and made you boss?	¿desde cuando eres [tu] el jefe?/¿Quién te ascendió/promovió a jefe?	Teresa Moreno
Wild Card Wednesday	miércoles sorpresa//miércoles impredecible	(Non-member)
wild goose chase	búsqueda inútil, caza infructuosa	...
Wildshot	tiros bogey o locos	(Non-member)
Will the walls come falling down?	¿Se nos viene el mundo encima?	(Non-member)
Will you say cheer?	¿Estarías contento?	(Non-member)
with a bang	por la puerta grande (Cuba, México); a lo grande (Argentina, España); con todo (Argentina) [Proz]	(Non-member)
with all fours in the air	patas arriba	(Non-member)
with apologies to	con todo respeto a; con las debidas disculpas a … (Argentina) [Proz]	Michael Powers (PhD)
with one's head in the clouds	estar en las nubes (Argentina, Chile, España, Colombia, Perú); pensando con los pajaritos, volando con la imaginación, poco real	Michael Powers (PhD)
work the graveyard	turno de noche	(Non-member)
work up	examen físico / examen psicológico	(Non-member)
working out of the sparks office	trabajando en la sucursal de Sparks	(Non-member)
wring your hands	caminar en círculo / ir y venir / comerse la cabeza/ cruzarse de brazos	(Non-member)
yank (pull)'s chain	tomar el pelo (España, México, Colombia); quedarse con alguien (España); vacilar a alguien (Venezuela); sacarla de sus casillas	Michael Powers (PhD)
you have to take the good with the bad	hay que tomar lo bueno y lo malo	Walter Landesman

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