wind

wind idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with wind, also see before the wind; break wind; get wind of; gone with the wind; ill wind; in the wind; like greased lightning (the wind); sail close to the wind; second wind; something in the wind; straw in the wind; take the wind out of one's sails; three sheets to the wind; throw caution to the winds; twist in the wind; way the wind blows.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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