Here, you will find idioms that start with D.
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- A Day Late and a Dollar Short
- Daily Bread (One’s)
- Daily Dozen
- Daily Grind, the
- Damn With Faint Praise
- Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t
- Damocles’ Sword
- Dark Horse Idiom
- Day In And Day Out
- Days Of Yore
- De Facto
- Dead and Buried
- Dead as a Doornail
- Dead Easy
- Dead End
- Dead from the Neck Up
- Dead Meat
- Dead On Your Feet
- Dead Ringer
- Dead Set Against (something)
- Dead to Rights, have someone
- Dead Wrong
- Desk Jockey
- Devil’s Advocate, to play
- Diamond in the Rough
- Die Is Cast, the
- Dilly Dally
- Dirt Cheap Meaning
- Dish Out or Dish it Out
- Dish The Dirt
- Do You Mind?
- Do Your Best
- Do Yourself (or Oneself) an Injury
- Dog And Pony Show
- Dog Eat Dog
- Dog in the Manger
- Dog Tired
- Don’t Believe Everything You Read
- Don’t Bite The Hand That Feeds You
- Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk
- Don’t Get Me Started
- Don’t Give Up Your Day Job
- Don’t I Know It
- Don’t Mention It (Thank You Response)
- Don’t Mind Me
- Don’t Start
- Don’t Take Any Wooden Nickels
- Don’t You Dare
- Dot Your i’s and Cross Your t’s
- Doubting Thomas, a
- Down the Rabbit Hole
- Down the Road
- Down to Earth
- Down To the Wire
Example of Idioms Beginning with D
A Day Late and a Dollar Short: too late and too little; delayed too long and ineffective; waiting too long to do something and being unprepared to do it effectively.
Daily Bread (One’s): one’s daily food or basic essentials of living. It can also mean the money needed to pay ordinary daily expenses. Often, references are made to ‘earning your daily bread,’ which is equivalent to earning one’s living.
Daily Grind, the: the boring, monotonous routine of each day, most often referring to a person’s job.
Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: one will be criticized no matter what one does; a situation you can’t win; whatever option you choose will be the wrong one; one will be considered wrong not matter what one does.
Damocles’ Sword: an impending disaster; a danger or disaster that could occur at any moment.
Dark Horse: a person, in regards to a certain field, sport, political race etc., whose experience and abilities are unknown but who could unexpectedly win or achieve success over others; an unknown and unexpected winner of a race or other contest.
Day In And Day Out: When something is day in and day out, it is happening repeatedly over time; occurring every day; continuously.
De Facto: a Latin phrase meaning in fact or practice or in actual use or actual existence. In English, we use it to refer to things that exist in fact but that are not officially or legally recognized or accepted. Think of de facto as meaning in fact, in reality, in effect, or actually.
Dead and Buried: is completely ended; gone and forever in the past; no longer in use.
Dead as a Doornail: to be completely and truly dead, never to live again or able to be used again; finished.
Dead Easy: extremely easy.
Dead End: a road or other passage that is blocked at one end and thus does not lead anywhere; a situation, job, etc. which does not allow one to make progress; an impasse.
Dead On Your Feet: to be very tired.; exhausted; synonyms are dead tired, dog tired, and worn out.
Dead Ringer: a person or thing that resembles another person or thing perfectly or almost perfectly; someone who looks very similar to another person; an exact or near exact likeness or duplicate.
Devil’s Advocate, to play: Someone who plays devil’s advocate (or the devil’s advocate) is arguing against a popular or familiar view or is simply arguing for the sake of arguing.
Diamond in the Rough: a person who is good but is perhaps uncouth, unkempt, rude, socially awkward, etc. With a little work, this person’s good qualities could shine through.
Dilly Dally: to go very slowly or be unproductive when something should be done more quickly; to waste time.
Don’t Believe Everything You Read: When someone says don’t believe everything you read, they mean that you should not believe, or take at face value, everything you read in printed publications or online as you may not realize that it is misleading, fabricated, or inaccurate.
Don’t Get Me Started: We say “don’t get me started” when someone brings up a topic about which we have a lot to say and are passionate about, usually in a negative way. Not to be taken literally, the idiom is more of an expression of strong feelings, whether negative or positive.
Don’t I Know It: a response to someone telling you something that you already know quite well, or a way of expressing your awareness of a certain fact or situation. Often, it means “Unfortunately, I’m aware” or “I’m all too aware of it.” Other times, it is an expression of simple agreement or acknowledgment.
Don’t Mind Me: used to tell another person in the same room with you to not pay any attention to you and to not let you interrupt them or distract them from what they are doing. The expression is a polite but informal one. However, it can sometimes be used sarcastically to indicate annoyance at being ignored or treated rudely.
Don’t You Dare: Saying “don’t you dare” is a way of telling someone not to do something, and if they do, you will be angry or annoyed at them.
Doubting Thomas, a: a person who is almost always doubtful and refuses to believe anything without strong proof or evidence; a skeptic.
Down to Earth: (To be brought or to come) down to Earth means to be brought back to reality; to become realistic or alert to the actual events going on around one. (To be) down to Earth means to be realistic, practical, and straightforward; to not be pretentious or shallow.
Draw A Blank: To try to find something, obtain something, accomplish something, etc. and fail; to try to think of something and fail; to get no result or response.
Draw the Line: to set a definite limit on what one is willing to do, accept, etc. and to state emphatically that one will stop short of this limit. The idiom can also mean to separate one thing from another or to accept, recognize, or admit the difference between two things.
Draw the Short Straw: used metaphorically, means to get chosen to do some unpleasant or disagreeable task. The idiom does not mean that straws were actually drawn, only that someone who didn’t want to do it was chosen.
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