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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