English Idioms - letter D

Idiom	Definition	Usage
dancing to a different tune	acting differently	Now that she has money, she seems to be dancing to a different tune.
dark horse	unknown	This election proves that even a dark horse candidate can win.
dash off	leave quickly	I need to dash off to the store to get a few things.
dawn on	become clear to	It began to dawn on her as to why he was angry.
day and night	continually	We worked day and night to finish the project.
day in and day out	regularly	He goes to that restaurant day in and day out.
dead ahead	directly in front	There was a truck dead ahead of our car.
dead as a doornail	definitely dead	The bug was dead as a doornail after hitting the car.
dead center	exactly in the middle	She was able to hit the target dead center.
dead duck	person in a hopeless situation	He is a dead duck.
dead end	an impasse	The negotiations have come to a dead end.
dead set against	completely opposed to	She is dead set against getting a new car.
dead tired	exhausted	She was dead tired when she got home from work.
dead to the world	completely asleep	She was dead to the world for the entire car ride.
deal with	be involved with	I really didn't wanna deal with it.
decked out	dressed in fancy clothes	She was decked out for the party.
deep-six	dispose of	They decided to deep-six the office printer.
deep water	trouble	She will be in deep water unless she has a better explanation.
deliver the goods	succeed in doing what is expected	He knows how to deliver the goods.
die down	grow weaker	The noise from the crowd began to die down.
die off	die one after another	The flowers began to die off because of the cold air.
die out	disappear slowly	The dinosaurs began to die out millions of years ago.
dig in	begin eating	Everyone dig in while the food is hot.
dime a dozen	common	These books are a dime a dozen.
dirty look	look that shows dislike or disapproval	The girl gave him a dirty look.
dish out	serve	She began to dish out the food as soon as the guests arrived.
dish out	give	He likes to dish out criticism to others.
do a snow job on	deceive	Don't try to do a snow job on me.
down with	okay with	Hey, I'm down with taking an easy class.
double check	close to the due date	They had to double check the balance sheet again.
down to the wire	recheck	The project is down to the wire.
drop the ball	fail to do something	The manager will probably drop the ball this month too.