T

→to a T

→turn the tables

→with the [one's] tail between the [one's] legs

→be all (fingers and) thumbs

→cut one's teeth on [in]…

→long in the tooth

→kick over the traces

→turn up trumps

U

→on one's uppers

V

→the villain of the piece

→visiting fireman

W

→a case of the tail wagging the dog

→on the (water) wagon

→come out in the wash

→pull one's (own) weight

→What next?

→oil the wheels

→whistle in the dark

→wet one's whistle

→sound in wind and limb

→take the wind out of a person's sails [the sails of a person]

→fight [tilt at] windmills

→clip a person's wings

→wait in the wings

→cry wolf

→a nine days' wonder

→lick one's wounds

→wring a person's neck