well-kent
/ˌwɛlˈkɛnt/Scottish
adjective
Well-known, familiar.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in David Lindsay (c1486–1555), writer and herald. In some forms from well + kenned.
- the weight of the world
- the West
- the wheel of Fortune
- the whip hand
- the whole ball of wax
- the whole enchilada
- the whole nine yards
- the whole schmear
- the whole shooting match
- the Whore of Babylon
- the windows of the soul
- the wish is father to the thought
- the witching hour
- the Word (of God)
- the word on the street
- the work of ——
- the world and his wife
- the world is your oyster
- the world, the flesh, and the devil
- the worried well
- the worse for drink
- the worse for wear
- the writing (or handwriting) is on the wall
- the Writings
- the wrong side of the tracks