wish Идиома

death wish

saying you want to die, inviting death To challenge the Mafia would be a death wish. It would be suicide.

wishful thinking

believing it is true because you wish it was true Roy says that he is going to marry Dawn, but it's wishful thinking.

wishy washy

not able to decide, saying yes and no I like you because you're decisive, because you're not wishy washy.

wish for

desire to possess；long for想得到；渴望
The city has everything that one could wish for，except good weather．这个城市具有人们想要得到的一切，就是天气不好。
The weather was everything they could wish for．这天气对他们来说是再好也没有的了。

wish (off) on

get rid of sth．unwanted by passing it on to sb．else把自己不想要的东西推给别人
She did not like to do the dishes and wished the job on to her little sister．她不喜欢洗盘子，就把这差事推给她的小妹妹了。
The young couple wished their naughty son off on his grandparents for the summer holidays．那对年轻夫妇在暑假中把他们玩皮的儿子交给了祖父母看管。

wish on

wish sth off on

Idiom(s): wish sth off on sb

Theme: BURDEN

to pass something off onto someone else. (Informal.)
• I don't want to have to deal with your problems. Don't wish them off on me.
• The storekeeper wished off the defective watch on the very next customer who came in.

If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.

Wishing alone is of no use; you must act as well.

The wish is father to the thought.

You think that something is true because you want it to be so.

Be careful what you wish for

If you get things that you desire, there may be unforeseen and unpleasant consequences.('Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true.' and 'Be careful what you wish for; you may receive it.' are also used.)

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

This means that wishing for something or wanting it is not the same as getting or having it.

If wishes were horses beggars would ride.

Life would be very easy if goals could be achieved only by desiring.

wish off on|wish|wish off

informal To get rid of (something unwanted) by passing it on to someone else. Martha did not like to do the dishes and wished the job on to her little sister. Tom got a very ugly tie for his birthday and when Billy's birthday came, Tom wished the tie off on Billy.

wish on|wish

v. 1. To use as a lucky charm while making a wish. Mary wished on a star that she could go to the dance. Bob wished on his lucky rabbit's foot that he could pass the test. 2. or wish on for informal To get rid of (something unwanted) by passing it on to someone else. Martha did not like to do the dishes and wished the job on to her little sister. Tom got a very ugly tie for his birthday and when Billy's birthday came, Tom wished the tie off on Billy.

if wishes were horses

if wishes were horses
If one could readily have what one wanted, life would be easy. For example, Wendy would love a brand-new car for her sixteenth birthday but—if wishes were horses. This expression is a shortening of If wishes were horses, beggars would ride, first recorded about 1628 in a collection of Scottish proverbs.

wish

wish
In addition to the idiom beginning with wish, also see if wishes were horses.