D
Idioms beginning with "D"
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Contents of D:
[dead loss] {n. phr.}
A total waste; a complete loss.
Our investment in Jack's company turned out to be a dead loss.
[dead on one's feet] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
Very tired but still standing or walking; too tired to do more; exhausted.
Jimmy never leaves a job unfinished. He continues to work even when he's dead on his feet.
* /After the soldiers march all […]
[deadpan] {adj.}, {adv.}, {slang}
With an expressionless or emotionless face; without betraying any hint of emotion.
She received the news of her husband's death deadpan.
[dead pedal] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon}
A slow moving vehicle.
Better pass that eighteen wheeler, Jack; it's a dead pedal.
[dead ringer] {n. phr.}
A person who strongly resembles someone else.
Charlie is a dead ringer for his uncle.
[dead set against] {adj. phr.}
Totally opposed to someone or something.
Jack is dead set against the idea of marriage, which upsets Mary.
[dead tired] {adj. phr.}, {informal}
Very tired; exhausted; worn out.
She was dead tired at the end of the day's work.
Compare: [DEAD ON ONE'S FEET].
[dead to rights] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
Without a chance of escaping blame; proven wrong.
Mother had Bob dead to rights, because she caught him with his hand in the cookie jar.
The police caught the man dead to rights.
[dead to the world] {adj. phr.}, {informal}
1. Fast asleep.
Tim went to bed very late and was still dead to the world at 10 o'clock this morning.
2. As if dead; unconscious.
* /Tom was hit on the head by a baseball and was dead to the world for […]
[dead-end] {n.}
A street closed at one end; a situation that leads nowhere.
Jim drove into a dead-end street and had to back out.
Mary was in a dead-end job.