window Idiom

a window of opportunity

an opportunity, a chance, a golden opportunity Sometimes a problem is actually a window of opportunity.

go out the window

be abandoned, go out of effect The school dress code went out the window when the new principal took over.

open a window

find a new way of looking at a topic or problem That idea opens a window on the causes of war. What do you see?

window of opportunity

(See a window of opportunity)

window on the world

the place where you can see the world For some people, TV is their only window on the world.

go window-shopping

Idiom(s): go window-shopping

Theme: SHOPPING

to go about looking at goods in store windows without actually buying anything.
• The clerks do a lot of window-shopping in their lunch hour, looking for things to buy when they get paid.
• Joan said she was just window-shopping, but she bought a new coat.

Window dressing

If something is done to pretend to be dealing with an issue or problem, rather than actually dealing with it, it is window dressing.

Window to the soul

Eyes are sometimes referred to as the window to the soul.

go out the window|go|out the window

v. phr., informal To go out of effect; be abandoned. During the war, the school dress code went out the window.

launch window|launch|window

n., Space English, informal 1. A period of time when the line-up of planets, Sun, and Moon are such as to make favorable conditions for a specific space launch. The mission was canceled until the next launch window which will be exactly six weeks from today. 2. A favorable time for starting some kind of ambitious adventure. My next launch window for a European trip isn't until school is over in June.

window dressing|dress|dress a window|dressing|wind

n. phr. An elaborate exterior, sometimes designed to conceal one's real motives. All those fancy invitations turned out to be nothing but window dressing. All he really wanted was to be introduced to my influential father-in-law.

out of the window

out of the window
Discarded, tossed out. This term is often used in the phrase go out the window, as in For the town planners past experience seems to have gone out the window. It alludes to unwanted items being hurled out of the window. [First half of 1900s]

window

window
see out of the window.