D

dab smack-dab in the middle
dagger cloak-and-dagger
daggers look daggers at someone
daily one’s daily dozen
daily the daily grind
daisies pushing up daisies
daisy (as) fresh as a daisy
daisy fresh as a daisy
dam busy as a beaver (building a new dam)
damage do someone damage
damn damn someone or something with faint praise
damned I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t.
dance dance to another tune
dance dance with death
dance go into one’s song and dance (about something)
dander get someone’s dander up
dandy fine and dandy
danger fly into the face of danger
danger fraught with danger
dangerous armed and dangerous
dangerous A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Danish coffee and Danish
dare dare someone (to do something)
dark dark horse
dark in the dark (about someone or something)
dark pitch-dark
dark a shot in the dark
darken darken someone’s door
dart dart in and out
dash dash cold water on something
dash dash something off
date at an early date
date bring someone or something up to date
date bring someone up to date (on someone or something)
date date back (to sometime)
date out-of-date
date to date
date up-to-date
Davy Davy Jones’s locker
Davy go to Davy Jones’s locker
dawn at the break of dawn
dawn at the crack of dawn
dawn dawn on someone
dawn from dawn to dusk
day all day long
day all the livelong day
day (as) different as night and day
day (as) merry as the day is long
day (as) plain as day
day at the end of the day
day by day
day by the day
day call it a day
day carry the day
day day after day
day day and night
day day in and day out
day day in, day out
day day-to-day
day different as night and day
day Don’t quit your day job.
day Every dog has his day.
day Every dog has its day.
day forever and a day

day from day to day
day from this day forward
day from this day on
day get the day off
day have a field day
day have had its day
day in this day and age
day late in the day
day make a day of doing something
day make a day of it
day merry as the day is long
day night and day
day not give someone the time of day
day pass the time of day (with someone)
day plain as day
day Rome wasn’t built in a day.
day save something for a rainy day
day save the day
day see the light (of day)
day take the day off
day That’ll be the day.
day There aren’t enough hours in the day.
day till all hours (of the day and night)
day win the day
day with each passing day
day the order of the day
daylight begin to see daylight
daylight daylight robbery
daylight in broad daylight
daylights beat the living daylights out of someone
daylights frighten the (living) daylights out of someone
daylights scare the living daylights out of someone
day’s all in a day’s work
days days running
days for days on end
days have seen better days
days in all one’s born days
days in one’s salad days
days one of these days
days one’s days are numbered
days Those were the days.
days’ a nine days’ wonder
days the good old days
de a fine how-de-do
dead (as) dead as a dodo
dead (as) dead as a doornail
dead (as) silent as the dead
dead beat a dead horse
dead come to a dead end
dead cut someone dead
dead dead ahead
dead dead and buried
dead dead and gone
dead dead as a dodo
dead dead as a doornail
dead dead in someone’s or something’s tracks
dead dead letter
dead dead on its feet
dead dead on one’s feet
dead dead set against someone or something
dead dead to the world
dead drop dead
dead have someone dead to rights
dead in a dead heat
dead knock someone dead
dead leave someone for dead
dead more dead than alive
dead on dead center
dead one’s heart is (dead) set against something
dead over my dead body
dead silent as the dead
dead taken for dead
dead wake the dead
dead a dead duck
dead a dead loss
deadwood cut out the deadwood
deaf (as) deaf as a post
deaf deaf and dumb
deaf deaf as a post
deaf fall on deaf ears
deaf turn a deaf ear (to someone or something)
deal deal in something
deal get a raw deal
deal give someone a raw deal
deal Like it’s such a big deal!
deal make a big deal about something
deal No big deal!
deal square deal
deal think a great deal of someone or something
deal wheel and deal
deal a great deal
death (as) baleful as death
death (as) pale as death
death (as) still as death
death (as) sure as death
death baleful as death
death be death on something
death be the death of me (yet)
death between life and death
death bored to death
death bore someone to death
death catch one’s death (of cold)
death dance with death
death death and taxes
death death on someone or something
death die a natural death
death frightened to death
death frighten someone to death
death look like death warmed over
death meet one’s death
death pale as death
death scared to death
death scare someone to death
death sign one’s own death warrant
death still as death
death sure as death
death take one’s death of cold
death thrilled to death
death thrill someone to death
death tickled to death
death tickle someone to death
death a matter of life and death
death a struggle to the death
death the kiss of death

death’s at death’s door
debt head over heels in debt
debt in debt
debt pay one’s debt (to society)
decide decide in favor of someone or something
decision eleventh-hour decision
deck have the deck stacked against one
deck on deck
deck stack the deck (against someone or something)
deck a few cards short of a deck
deck a few cards shy of a full deck
decks clear the decks
deem deem it (to be) necessary
deem deem that it is necessary
deep Beauty is only skin-deep.
deep between the devil and the deep blue sea
deep deep-six someone or something
deep go off the deep end
deep in deep
deep jump off the deep end
deepest one’s deepest sympathy
defensive on the defensive
defiance in defiance (of someone or something)
degree get the third degree
degree give someone the third degree
degree to the nth degree
delight ravished with delight
deliver stand and deliver
delivered signed, sealed, and delivered
demand in great demand
demand supply and demand
den beard the lion in his den
den a den of iniquity
denial in denial
dent make a dent in something
depth beyond one’s depth
description beggar description
description blow-by-blow description
description a play-by-play description
desert desert a sinking ship
deserts get one’s just deserts
deserves One good turn deserves another.
designs have designs on someone or something
desired leave a lot to be desired
desist cease and desist
desk away from one’s desk
despair sink into despair
despair throw one’s hands up in despair
detail down to the last detail
detail go into detail
detail in detail
determined bound and determined
devil between the devil and the deep blue sea
devil catch the devil
devil devil-may-care attitude
devil devil-may-care manner
devil for the devil of it
devil full of the devil
devil get the devil
devil give someone the devil
devil give the devil her due
devil give the devil his due
devil go to (the devil)
devil have the devil to pay
devil raise the devil (with someone or something)
devil speak of the devil
devil There will be the devil to pay.
devil You scared the devil out of me.
devil a devil of a job
devil’s play (the) devil’s advocate
devil’s the devil’s own job
diamond a diamond in the rough
diapers soil one’s diaper(s)
dibs have dibs on something
dibs put (one’s) dibs on something
Dick (every) Tom, Dick, and Harry
Dick Tom, Dick, and Harry
dickens raise the dickens (with someone or something)
dickens You scared the dickens out of me.
Dick’s (as) tight as Dick’s hatband
Dick’s tight as Dick’s hatband
didn’t I didn’t catch your name.
die cross one’s heart (and hope to die)
die curl up and die
die die a natural death
die die in one’s boots
die die laughing
die die of a broken heart
die die of boredom
die die on someone
die die on the vine
die die with one’s boots on
die do or die
die Old habits die hard.
die The die is cast.
diet on a diet
differ beg to differ (with someone)
difference make no difference (to someone)
difference split the difference
different (as) different as night and day
different different as night and day
different march to (the beat of) a different drummer
different sing a different tune
different a horse of a different color
dig dig in
dig dig one’s heels in
dig dig one’s own grave
dig dig some dirt up on someone
dig dig someone or something
dig dig something out
dig take a dig at someone
digs take digs at someone
dilemma on the horns of a dilemma
dim take a dim view of something
dime nickel and dime someone
dime not worth a dime
dime turn on a dime
dime a dime a dozen
dine dine out
dine wine and dine someone
dint by dint of something
dip chips and dip
dip dip in(to something)
directions ride off in all directions

dirt (as) common as dirt
dirt common as dirt
dirt dig some dirt up on someone
dirt dirt cheap
dirt hit pay dirt
dirty air one’s dirty linen in public
dirty dirty old man
dirty dirty one’s hands
dirty dirty work
dirty down-and-dirty
dirty get a dirty look from someone
dirty get one’s hands dirty
dirty give someone a dirty look
dirty quick and dirty
dirty wash one’s dirty linen in public
disease down with some disease
disease have foot-in-mouth disease
disguise in disguise
disguise a blessing in disguise
dishes do the dishes
dishwater (as) dull as dishwater
dishwater dull as dishwater
disorderly drunk and disorderly
disposal put someone or something at someone’s disposal
disposed ill-disposed to doing something
disposed well-disposed toward someone or something
distance go the distance
distance keep one’s distance (from someone or something)
distance within calling distance
distance within hailing distance
distance within shouting distance
distance within walking distance
distraction bored to distraction
ditch a last-ditch effort
ditchwater (as) dull as ditchwater
ditchwater dull as ditchwater
divide divide and conquer
divide divide something fifty-fifty
do can’t do anything with someone or something
do could do with someone or something
do do a double take
do do a flip-flop (on something)
do do a job on someone or something
do do a land-office business
do do an about-face
do do an errand
do do a number on someone or something
do do a snow job on someone
do do away with someone or something
do do credit to someone
Do Do I need to paint you a picture?
do do justice to something
do do not have a care in the world
do do not have a leg to stand on
do do not have all one’s marbles
do do oneself proud
do do one’s bit
do do one’s duty
do do one’s (level) best
do do one’s (own) thing
do do one’s part
do do or die
do do so
do do somehow by someone
do do someone or something in
do do someone or something over
do do someone’s bidding
do do someone’s heart good
do do someone a good turn
do do someone a kindness
do do someone credit
do do someone damage
do do someone good
do do someone one better
do do someone out of something
do do something by hand
do do something fair and square
do do something for a living
do do something hands down
do do something in a heartbeat
do do something in person
do do something in public
do do something in secret
do do something in vain
do do something on the fly
do do something on the run
do do something on the sly
do do something over (again)
do do something the hard way
do do something to excess
do do something up
do do the dishes
do do the honors
do do the trick
do do too
do do without (someone or something)
Do Do you read me?
do have nothing to do with someone or something
do have something to do with something
do have to do with someone or something
do I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t.
do Let’s do lunch.
do make do (with someone or something)
do No can do.
do well-to-do
do What do you want me to say?
do When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
do Who do you think you’re kidding?
do Who do you think you’re talking to?
do a fine how-de-do
do a fine how-do-you-do
do the in thing (to do)
doctor just what the doctor ordered
dodo (as) dead as a dodo
dodo dead as a dodo
does Easy does it.
does Pretty is as pretty does.
does That does it!
doesn’t What one doesn’t know won’t hurt one.