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English Idioms Beginning with D

English Idioms Beginning with D

• daily grind
• damn by association
• damned if one does and damned if one doesn't
• damn right
• damn straight
• damn the torpedoes
• damn with faint praise
• damp squib
• dance with the devil
• dance attendance
• dance of the seven veils
• dance on nothing
• dance on someone's grave
• Daniel come to judgement
• darken a church door
• darken someone's door
• dark horse
• darn tootin'
• dash off
• dash someone's hopes
• date with destiny
• daughter of Eve
• Davy Jones's locker
• dawn of a new day
• dawn on
• day after day
• day and age
• day in, day out
• day lark
• daylight robbery
• day of days
• day or night
• day out
• days of yore
• dead fish
• dead air
• dead and buried
• dead asleep
• deadbeat dad
• dead cat bounce
• dead center
• dead duck
• dead end
• dead giveaway
• dead heat
• dead inside
• dead last
• dead loss
• dead meat
• dead men's shoes
• dead 'n' buried
• dead of night
• dead of winter
• dead on
• dead ringer
• dead soldier
• deadstick landing
• dead to rights
• dead tree edition
• dead wood
• deafening silence
• deal a bad hand
• deal a good hand
• deal a hand
• death warmed up
• deathbed conversion
• death knell
• debris field
• December bride
• decimal dozen
• deep cut
• deep dive
• deep dive
• deep down
• deep end
• deep pockets
• deep six
• deep thinker
• deep water
• deer in the headlights
• Delhi belly
• delight in
• deliver the message to Garcia
• deliver the goods
• den of iniquity
• depart with
• Derangement Syndrome
• desk jockey
• detective work
• devil dancing
• devil in disguise
• devil is in the details
• devil lies in the details
• devil's advocate
• devil's luck
• dial back
• dial down
• diarrhea of the mouth
• dice roll
• dick milk
• dick munch
• dicky
• dictated but not read
• die
• die a thousand deaths
• die down
• die on one's arse
• die on the vine
• die out
• die the way one lived
• dig deep
• dig in
• dig in one's heels
• dig oneself in a hole
• dig one's heels in
• dig one's own grave
• dig out of a hole
• dig up
• dig up dirt
• dim and distant
• dime a dozen
• dime's worth
• diminishing returns
• dip a toe into
• dip into
• diplomatic flu
• dip one's toe in
• dirt file
• dirt poor
• dirty laundry
• dirty look
• dirty money
• dirty word
• dirty work
• Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells
• dishpan hands
• dish the dirt
• dismal science
• dive in
• do someone proud
• do a bunk
• do a slow burn
• do away with
• do by halves
• do cartwheels
• doctors make the worst patients
• dodge a bullet
• do down
• do drugs
• does the Pope shit in the woods
• does the Pope wear a funny hat
• do exactly what it says on the tin
• dog and cat
• done and dusted
• done deal
• donkey's ears
• donkey's years
• donkey work
• don't call me sir, I work for a living
• don't call us, we'll call you
• don't drop the soap
• don't get someone started
• don't give up your day job
• don't go there
• don't hold your breath
• don't knock yourself out
• don't let the door hit you on the way out
• don't shit where you eat
• don't sweat it
• don't tell me
• doomed if you do, doomed if you don't
• do one's business
• do one's damnedest
• do one's darnedest
• do one's own thing
• do one's utmost
• do or die
• dope sheet
• do right by
• dormitive principle
• dormitive virtue
• do somebody wrong
• do someone like that
• do someone one better
• do someone's head in
• do the dash
• do the decent thing
• do the dirty on
• do the honors
• do the math
• do the talking
• dot the i's and cross the t's
• double Dutch
• double back
• double booked
• double over
• double take
• double tap
• double tongued
• dough faced
• do up
• do well by doing good
• do well for oneself
• do what
• do with mirrors
• down and out
• down and outer
• down at heel
• down but not out
• down cellar
• down for the count
• down in the dumps
• down in the mouth
• down on one's luck
• down on one's uppers
• down pat
• down the cludgie
• down the drain
• down the khazi
• down the line
• down the pan
• down the road
• down the road, not across the street
• down the toilet
• down the track
• down the tubes
• down to a fine art
• down to earth
• down tools
• down to the short strokes
• down to the wire
• down under
• down with the kids
• drag on
• drag one's feet
• drag through the mud
• drama queen
• draw a blank
• draw a line
• draw a long bow
• draw a straight furrow
• draw even
• draw fire
• draw in
• drawing card
• draw off
• draw one's last breath
• draw stumps
• draw the line
• draw the long bow
• draw the short straw
• dress down
• dressed to kill
• dressed to the nines
• dressing down
• dress to kill
• dried-fish woman
• drift apart
• drift off
• drill down
• drink from a firehose
• drinking hole
• drink with the flies
• drive a coach and horses through
• drive a stake through its heart
• drive away
• drive a wedge
• drive-by media
• drive off
• drive out
• drive someone crazy
• drive someone up the wall
• drive the porcelain bus
• drool bucket
• drop a bollock
• drop a bomb
• drop a bombshell
• drop a brick
• drop a dime
• drop a hint
• drop a log
• drop in
• drop in the bucket
• drop in the ocean
• drop in the pond
• drop in the sea
• drop off
• drop off the hooks
• drop off the radar
• drop out
• drop someone a line
• drop the ball
• drop the bomb
• drop the f-bomb
• drop the gloves
• drop the mic
• drop the topic
• drop the writ
• drop trow
• drown out
• drown the miller
• drug of choice
• drug on the market
• drum up
• dry behind the ears
• dry eye
• dry one's eyes
• dry out
• dry run
• dry up and blow away
• duck down
• duck out
• duck soup
• due course
• dumb as a post
• dumb down
• dumb luck
• dumb shit
• dummy run
• dummy spit
• dump one's load
• Dunkirk spirit
• durance vile
• dust mouse
• dust off a batter
• dust settles
• dusty miller
• Dutch courage
• Dutch reckoning
• duty calls
• dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants
• dyed in the wool

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