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idiomwillwhere there's a will there's a wayused in order to say that if you really want to do something, you will find a way to do it:Could thousands of troops realistically be pulled out in just three weeks? 'Where there's a will, there's a way,' said a government spokesman.Where there's a will, there's a way. Even if the state stops supply of a particular drug completely, people will always find a substitute.with the best will in the world BrEBrEspoken used in order to say that something is not possible, however hard you try or want to do it:With the best will in the world, you can't keep your attention on your work all the time.Even with the best will in the world, the library is not always going to have the book you are looking for on its shelves.With the best will in the world, no one could call this a training programme - it's just a way of giving unemployed people some work.
See:- (even) a worm will turn
- (one) has made (one's) bed and (one) will have to lie in it
- (one) will be forgiven for (doing something)
- (one) will be lucky
- (one) will get (one's)
- (one) will kill (someone)
- (one) will murder (someone)
- (one) won't bite (someone)
- (one) won't eat (someone)
- (one) won't give up without a fight
- (only) time will tell
- (someone) won't thank you for (something)
- (something) will get (someone) nowhere
- (something) won't get (someone) anywhere
- (will there be) anything else?
- a battle of wills
- a dog that'll bring a bone will carry a bone
- A drowning man will clutch at a straw
- a little dab'll do ya
- a worm will turn
- accidents (will) happen
- Accidents will happen
- against (one's) will
- against one's will
- against will
- against your will
- All things must pass
- as much as the traffic will bear
- at will
- be (as) clean as a new pin
- be no question that (something will happen/is the case)
- be on the receiving end
- be sleeping with the fishes
- be swimming with the fishes
- be the day hell freezes over
- bell the cat, who will
- Blood will have blood
- Blood will tell
- Boys will be boys
- Breeding will tell
- come out in the wash
- come out in the wash, it will
- come what may
- cooler heads will prevail
- Could I join you?
- Could you excuse us, please?
- Could you hold?
- Even a worm will turn
- every dog will have his day
- every dog will have its day
- Everything's going to be all right
- Faith will move mountains
- Faith will move mountains.
- final will and testament
- five will get you ten
- flattery will get you everywhere/nowhere
- flattery will get you nowhere
- free agent
- give (one) an inch and (one) will take a mile
- give a man enough rope and he will hang himself
- give odds that (something will happen)
- Give us the tools, and we will finish the job
- Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.
- harbor ill will against (someone or something)
- harbor ill will toward (someone or something)
- have (someone) laughing in the aisles
- have (something), will travel
- He will get his
- he, she, etc. will murder you
- heads will roll
- How will I know you?
- How will I recognize you?
- if anything can go wrong, it will
- if Mohammed will not go to the mountain
- If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the ...
- if the mountain will not come to Mohammed
- if the mountain will not come to Mohammed...
- if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mounta
- if you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
- if you lie with dogs, you will get fleas
- if you run after two hares, you will catch neither
- if you will
- if you'll pardon the expression
- if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned
- I'll (have to) let you go
- I'll believe it when I see it
- I'll bite
- I'll call back later
- I'll drink to that
- I'll get back to (someone)
- I'll get back to you on that
- I'll get right on (something)
- I'll go to the foot of our stairs
- I'll have the same
- I'll look you up when I'm in town
- I'll love you and leave you
- I'll put a stop to that
- I'll thank you to keep your opinions to yourself
- I'll thank you to mind your own business
- ill will
- it will all come out in the wash
- it will be (one's) ass
- it will come out in the wash
- it will cost you
- it will never fly
- it will soon blow over
- It will take some doing
- it won't wash
- it/that will cost (one)
- it/that will never do
- it/that won't do
- it'll (all) end in tears
- it'll all come out in the wash
- it'll be a cold day in hell
- it'll be a frosty Friday
- it'll be all right on the night
- it's a hundred to one that
- it's a hundred, etc. to one that somebody/something will do something
- it's a million to one that
- just a dab'll do ya
- Keep your shop and your shop will keep you
- kids will be kids
- last will and testament
- live, horse, and you will get grass
- love will (always) find a way
- Love will find a way
- more than you will ever know
- Murder will out
- no expense is spared
- no one will be (any) the wiser
- no salesman will call
- not for nothing
- not for nothing do I, will they, etc....
- not have all day
- not have it
- not hold still for (something)
- not say boo to a goose
- not stand still for (something)
- not touch (someone or something) with a barge pole
- not touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole
- of (one's) own free will
- of one's own accord
- of own accord
- of your own free will
- put in layaway
- remember (someone) in (one's) will
- remember in will
- rue the day (that something happened)
- she'll be apples
- she'll be right(, mate)
- somebody, who will/shall remain/be nameless
- speak of the devil, and he will appear
- sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me)
- sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
- stretch your arm no further than your sleeve (will reach)
- stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach
- take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves
- take care of the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves
- take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves
- talk of the devil, and he will appear
- tempers frayed
- that will be the day
- That will do
- that will do it
- that will never do!
- that'll be the day
- that'll teach (one) ((not) to do something)
- the curtain falls on (something)
- the feathers fly
- the feathers/fur/sparks will fly
- the fur flies
- the fur will fly
- the pitcher will go to the well once too often
- the proof is in the pudding
- the rest is (just) gravy
- the sparks fly
- the terrorists will have won
- the truth will out
- There will be hell to pay
- there will be the deuce to pay
- there will be the devil to pay
- There's none so blind as those who will not see
- there's none so deaf as those that will not hear
- There's none so deaf as those who will not hear
- Things will work out
- this, too, shall/will pass
- Throw dirt enough, and some will stick
- throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick
- time will tell
- truth will out
- What became of (someone or something)?
- What has become of (someone or something)?
- What must be, must be
- what will become of (someone or something)
- what will become/has become/became of somebody/something?
- what(ever) will be, will be
- when the cat's away (the mice will play)
- when the cat's away the mice will play
- when the cat's away, the mice will play
- Where there's a will there's a way
- Where there's a will, there's a way
- Where will I find you?
- who shall remain nameless
- who will bell the cat
- who will remain nameless
- will away
- will be along
- will be the death of
- will come of
- Will do
- will eat for breakfast
- will go a long way
- will have none of (something)
- will have none of something
- Will I see you again?
- Will it play in Peoria?
- will never fly
- will not hear of
- will not wash
- will o' the wisp
- will stop at nothing
- will the real (someone) please stand up
- will the real someone please stand up
- will to
- will to win
- Will you excuse us, please?
- will-o'-the-wisp
- with a will
- with the best will in the world
- With you in a minute
- wonders (will) never cease
- Wonders never cease!
- wonders will never cease
- worth of a thing is what it will bring
- you reap what you sow
- you, he, etc. will be lucky
- you've made your bed, now lie on it
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