Phrases Beginning With D
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Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch
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Meaning:
An old saying that means a person should not make plans based on assumptions because things may not turn out how they expect.
Don’t Look a Gift Horse In The Mouth
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Meaning:
When you receive a gift from someone, do not be ungrateful.
Down And Out
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Meaning:
A boxer who has been knocked out.
Down For The Count
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Meaning:
Someone or something that looks to be defeated, or nearly so.
Down To Earth
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Meaning:
Practical or humble; unpretentious.
Down To The Wire
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Meaning:
A tense situation in a competition where things are evenly matched and the outcome is going to be decided only in the last few seconds.
Drawing a Blank
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Meaning:
Failing to recall a memory; unable to remember something.
Drive Me Nuts
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Meaning:
Someone who is greatly annoyed or frustrated. The word “nuts” is sometimes substituted with crazy, insane, bonkers, or bananas.
Dark Horse
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Meaning:
Someone in a competition, either a team or an individual, that has the potential to win it all.
Dead Air
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Meaning:
A time where nothing is going on and there is silence.
Deer In Headlights
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Meaning:
If a person is described as being a “deer in headlights,” it means they saw something caused freeze up in fear or surprise.
Done To Death
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Meaning:
If something, like a story, has been “done to death,” it’s been repeated so many times that it has become bland and boring.
Drop The Ball
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Meaning:
The phrase “drop the ball” means to make a mistake.
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Phrases beginning with C