idioms using “wood”

wooden

stiff, unnatural

“The content of the CEO’s speech is fine, but his delivery is a bit wooden.“

Not out of the woods

Not yet safe, still having difficulty

“Though the data has improved, the nation’s economy is still not out of the woods.“

Dead wood

No longer useful employees

“There will be layoffs at the plant but they will be confined to dead wood.“

Knock on wood

A phrase said in hope that things will continue to go as well as they are currently

“All of our programmers have managed to avoid catching the flu, so we should meet the client’s deadline, knock on wood. “

Crawl out of the woodwork

To suddenly appear

“At first, it seemed that everyone agreed to the pension reforms, but now the critics are crawling out of the woodwork.“