List of idioms start with D

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  • Damocles' word

    Meaning : Danger for ever

  • Dark Horse

    Meaning : One who was previously unknown and is now prominent

  • Darken someone's door

    Meaning : If you darken someone's door, you come as an unwanted or unwelcome visitor

  • Dash something off

    Meaning : Produce hurriedly

  • Day and night

    Meaning : Too much work

  • Daylight robbery

    Meaning : The term 'daylight robbery' is used when the price of something is thought to be much too high.

  • Days of grace

    Meaning : Extra time allowed for payment

  • Dead against

    Meaning : Strickt opponent

  • Dead duck

    Meaning : This expression refers to a project or scheme which has been abandoned or is certain to fail.

  • Dead loss

    Meaning : Someone or something described as a dead loss is absolutely useless or a complete failure.

  • Dead Ringer

    Meaning : 100% identical. A duplicate.

  • Dead set against something

    Meaning : If you are dead set against something, you are strongly opposed to it.

  • Dead sure

    Meaning : Definite

  • Dead to the world

    Meaning : A person who is dead to the world is fast asleep.

  • Dead wood

    Meaning : The term dead wood refers to people or things which are no longer considered useful or necessary.

  • Deliver the goods

    Meaning : If a person delivers the goods, they do what is expected of them or what they have promised to do.

  • Devil's Advocate

    Meaning : Someone who takes a position for the sake of argument only.

  • Devil-may-care

    Meaning : Carelessly

  • Dice with death

    Meaning : If you put your life at risk by doing something very dangerous, you dice with death.

  • Dicey

    Meaning : Uncertain

  • Die down

    Meaning : Decrease

  • Die in harness

    Meaning : Continue to the last in one's business or profession

  • Dig in your heels

    Meaning : If you dig in your heels, you refuse to do something, especially if someone is trying to convince you to do so.

  • Dig one's own grave

    Meaning : A person who digs their own grave does something which causes their own downfall.

  • Dim view

    Meaning : If you take a dim view of something, you dislike or disapprove of it.

  • Disappear into thin air

    Meaning : If someone or something disappears into thin air, they vanish in a mysterious way.

  • Disaster written all over it

    Meaning : If something, such as a plan or idea, has disaster written all over it, it is thought to be heading for complete failure or will cause a lot of trouble.

  • Discretion is the better part of valour

    Meaning : To avoid a dangerous situation than to confront it

  • Ditch class

    Meaning : Skip class

  • Do a disappearing act

    Meaning : If someone does a disappearing act, they simply vanish, especially if they have done something wrong or dishonest.

  • Do a double take

    Meaning : Someone who does a double take looks again in surprise at something unexpected.

  • Do not hang together

    Meaning : Are not consistent with each other

  • Do nothing by halves

    Meaning : When a person does everything they are engaged in completely and thoroughly, they are said to do nothing by halves.

  • Do someone a good turn

    Meaning : If you do someone a good turn, you act in a helpful way.

  • Do the trick

    Meaning : If something does the trick, it does exactly what is needed or achieves the desired effect.

  • Do whatever it takes to help

    Meaning : Willing to do anything

  • Dog eat dog

    Meaning : This expression refers to intense competition and rivalry in pursuit of one's own interests, with no concern for morality.

  • Dog's life

    Meaning : People use this expression when complaining about a situation or job which they find unpleasant or unsatisfactory.

  • Done and dusted

    Meaning : When a project, task or activity is done and dusted, it is completely finished or ready.

  • Done the handsome thing by him

    Meaning : Behaved towards him in a magnanimous manner

  • Donkey work

    Meaning : This expression is used to describe the unpleasant, boring parts of a job.

  • Doom and gloom

    Meaning : A general atmosphere of pessimism, and a feeling that the situation is not going to improve, is referred to as doom and gloom.

  • Double dealing

    Meaning : Cross cheating

  • Double Dutch

    Meaning : Unintelligible Language

  • Double-check

    Meaning : Check something again to confirm

  • Down and down

    Meaning : Far down

  • Down and out

    Meaning : Beaten

  • Down at heel

    Meaning : A person who is down-at-heel is someone whose appearance is untidy or neglected because of lack of money.

  • Down in the dumps

    Meaning : Someone who is down in the dumps is depressed or feeling gloomy.

  • Down in the mouth

    Meaning : When someone is down in the mouth, they look unhappy, discouraged or depressed.

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