D
Idioms beginning with "D"
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[dead ahead] {adv.}, {informal}
Exactly in front; before.
The school is dead ahead about two miles from here.
Father was driving in a fog, and suddenly he saw another car dead ahead of him.
[deadbeat] {n.}, {slang}
A person who never pays his debts and who has a way of getting things free that others have to pay for.
You'll never collect from Joe — he's a deadbeat.
[dead and buried] {adj. phr.}
Gone forever.
Slavery is dead and buried in twentieth-century America.
[dead as a doornail] {adj. phr.}
Completely dead without the slightest hope of resuscitation.
This battery is dead as a doornail; no wonder your car won't start.
[dead center] {n.}
The exact middle.
The treasure was buried in the dead center of the island.
Often used like an adverb.
The arrow hit the circle dead center.
[dead duck] {n.}, {slang}
A person or thing in a hopeless situation or condition; one to whom something bad is sure to happen.
When the pianist broke her arm, she was a dead duck.
[deadhead] {n.}, {slang}
An excessively dull or boring person.
You'll never get John to tell a joke — he's a deadhead.
[dead letter] {n. phr.}
An undeliverable letter that ends up in a special office holding such letters.
There is a dead letter office in most major cities.
[deadline] {n.}
A final date by which a project, such as a term paper, is due.
The deadline for the papers on Shakespeare is November 10.