D
Idioms beginning with "D"
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Contents of D:
[down payment] {n.}
A retainer paid to a prospective seller.
How much of a down payment do you require for this new car?
[down the drain] {adj.} or {adv. phr.}, {informal}
Wasted; lost.
It is money down the drain if you spend it all on candy.
Our plans to go swimming went down the drain when it rained.
Compare: [GO BY THE BOARD].
[down the hatch!] {v. phr.}, {informal}
Let us drink!
When we celebrated Mom's birthday, we all raised our glasses and cried in unison, "Down the hatch!"
[down the line] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
1. Down the road or street; straight ahead.
The church is down the line a few blocks.
2. All the way; completely; thoroughly.
Bob always follows the teacher's directions right down the line.
[down-to-earth] {adj.}
Showing good sense; practical.
The committee's first plan for the party was too fancy, but the second was more down-to-earth.
* /Mr. Jenkins never seems to know what is happening around him, but his wife is friendly and […]
[down to the wire] {adj.}, {slang}
1. Running out of time, nearing a deadline.
Bob is down to the wire on his project.
2. Being financially almost broke, being very low on cash or other funds.
* /We can't afford going to a restaurant tonight — […]
[down with a disease] {adj. phr.}
Ill or sick.
Aunt Liz is down with the flu this week; she has to stay in bed.
[dozen]
See:
[BY THE DOZEN],
[DAILY DOZEN],
[DIME A DOZEN],
[SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER].
[drag in] {v.}
To insist on bringing (another subject) into a discussion; begin talking about (something different.)
No matter what we talk about, Jim drags in politics.
* /Whenever anyone mentions travel, Grace has to drag in the trip to Mexico […]
[drag on] or [drag out] {v.}
1. To pass very slowly.
The cold winter months dragged on until we thought spring would never come.
2. To prolong; make longer.
* /The meeting would have been over quickly if the members had not dragged out the […]