Idioms starting with “D”
410 idioms
- daily grind
- daisies
- damn right
- damn straight
- damn the torpedoes
- damn with faint praise
- damned if one does and damned if one doesn't
- damp squib
- dance attendance
- dance of the seven veils
- dance on nothing
- dance on someone's grave
- dance with the devil
- Daniel come to judgement
- Darby and Joan
- dark cloud
- dark horse
- darken a church door
- darken someone's door
- darn tootin'
- dart about
- dash off
- dash someone's hopes
- date with destiny
- daughter of Eve
- David and Goliath
- dawn of a new day
- dawn of time
- dawn on
- day after day
- day and age
- day at the beach
- day in, day out
- day in the sun
- day lark
- day of days
- day or night
- day out
- daylight robbery
- days of yore
- de facto
- de jure
- dead air
- dead and buried
- dead asleep
- 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 silence
- dead soldier
- dead to rights
- dead to the world
- dead tree edition
- deadbeat dad
- deadstick landing
- deafening silence
- deal a bad hand
- deal a good hand
- deal a hand
- deal with sb
- deal with sth
- death and taxes
- death by a thousand paper cuts
- death by PowerPoint
- deathbed conversion
- debris field
- December bride
- decide on sth
- decimal dozen
- decline in sth
- dedicated to sth
- deep cut
- deep dive
- deep down
- deep pockets
- deep six
- deep thinker
- deep water
- deer in the headlights
- degrade gracefully
- Delhi belly
- delight in
- deliver the goods
- deliver up to
- depart with
- depend on sb/sth
- depend on sb/sth for sth
- depend on sth
- dependent on sb/sth
- depending on
- deprive sb/sth of sth
- derangement Syndrome
- Derry and Toms
- desk jockey
- despite the fact that
- detective work
- developing countries
- devil dancing
- devil in disguise
- devil lies in the details
- devil's advocate
- devil's luck
- dial back
- dial down
- dial towards
- dice roll
- dick milk
- dick munch
- dicky
- dictated but not read
- die a thousand deaths
- die down
- die hard
- die in harness
- die on one's arse
- die on the vine
- die out
- die the way one lived
- differences between A and B
- different breed of cat
- different drummer
- difficult for sb
- dig a hole for oneself
- dig deep
- dig in
- dig in one's heels
- dig one's heels in
- dig one's own grave
- dig oneself in a hole
- dig out of a hole
- dig up
- dig up dirt
- digital courage
- dim and distant
- dime's worth
- diminishing returns
- dine on ashes
- ding dong
- dip a toe into
- dip into
- dip one's toe in
- diplomatic flu
- director of first impressions
- dirt file
- dirty laundry
- dirty look
- dirty money
- dirty pool
- dirty word
- dirty work
- disgusted of Tunbridge Wells
- dish the dirt
- dishpan hands
- dismal science
- dispose of sb/sth
- dive in
- divide and conquer
- do a bunk
- do a number on
- do a slow burn
- do away with
- do by halves
- do cartwheels
- do drugs
- do exactly what it says on the tin
- do ill
- do it tough
- do justice
- do me a favour
- do me a lemon
- do me good/s
- do numbers
- do one's business
- do one's damnedest
- do one's darnedest
- do one's homework
- do one's own thing
- do one's own time
- do one's utmost
- do porridge
- do right by
- do somebody wrong
- do someone like that
- do someone one better
- do someone's head in
- do something at the drop of a hat
- do the dash
- do the decent thing
- do the dirty on
- do the honors
- do the math
- do the needful
- do the right thing
- do the talking
- do the trick
- do the work
- do unto others as you would have them do unto you
- do well
- do well by doing good
- do well for oneself
- do what
- do with mirrors
- doctors make the worst patients
- dodge a bullet
- does the Pope shit in the woods
- does the Pope wear a funny hat
- dog
- dog and cat
- dog and pony show
- dog around
- dog in the hunt
- dog in the manger
- dog my cats
- dog that caught the car
- dog who caught the tire
- dogs bark, cats meow
- dog's breakfast
- dog's chance
- dog's life
- dole out
- dollar-sign eyes
- done and dusted
- done deal
- donkey work
- donkey's ears
- donkey's years
- don't beat a dead horse
- don't call me sir, I work for a living
- don't call us, we'll call you
- don't count your chickens before they hatch
- don't cry over spilt milk
- 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 put all your eggs in one basket
- don't shit where you eat
- don't sweat it
- don't tell me
- don't worry
- doomed if you do, doomed if you don't
- dope sheet
- dormitive principle
- dormitive virtue
- dot the i's and cross the t's
- double back
- double booked
- double bookkeeping
- double in brass
- double over
- double taker
- double tap
- doubting Thomas
- dowdy up
- down at heel
- down cellar
- down for the count
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- down on one's luck
- down the road, not across the street
- down to a fine art
- down to the short strokes
- down to the wire
- down tools
- down with the kids
- drag ass
- drag on
- drag one's balls across
- drag one's feet
- drag the chain
- drag through the mud
- drain the python
- drain the snake
- drama king
- drama queen
- draw a blank
- draw a line
- draw a long bow
- draw a straight furrow
- draw attention to sb/sth
- draw even
- draw fire
- draw in