DAB
A DAB HAND:an expert. he is a dab hand at carpentry.
DAGGER
TO SPEAK DAGGERS:to speak bitter words. the manager spoke
daggers with the head cleark on account of latter's insolence.
AT DAGGERS DRAWN:open enmity, bitter hostility.rama and shiam
being fast friends formerly, are now at daggers drawn with each other.
shakuntla and ramesh are at daggers drawn.
LOOK DAGGERS:look in a hostile manner. he looked daggers at his step son.
DARBY
DARBY AND JOHN:an aged and devoted husband and wife. mrs and
mr madan are regular darby and joan.
DANCE
DANCE AWAY: lose. three thousand rupees have danced away from me.
DANCE ATTENDANCE: attend as an inferior. the whole court
danced attendance on the minister.
DARK
A DARK HORSE: a person about whose abilities etc. little is
known . we knew how three of the four competitors would perform, but
the fourth was a dark horse.
KEEP DARK:to be silent. it is best to keep dark about
political conspiracies.
KEEP IT DARK: conceal it. please keep it dark.
AT DARK: at night fall. please meet me at dark in the garden.
IN THE DARK: in ignorance. i am completely in the dark of his plan.
TO KEEP DARK ABOUT ANY THING: to keep secrecy about something.
it was necessary to keep dark about his father's death till the
question was settled.
THE DARK AGES: earlier periods of history. during the dark
ages, a man had very limited wants.
DASH
DASH TO THE GROUND: to fell. all my plans dashed the ground.
DASH OFF: hurry away. he dashed off for help.
TO CUT A DASH: to make a brillliant show. raj kapoor cut a dash
in "sangam".
DASH OUT: knock out. she has dashed out her enemies one by one.
DATE
OUT OF DATE: absolete. this railway time table is out of date.
TO DATE:(formal) up to the present time.this is the best entry
we have received to date.
UPTO DATE: latest. this method is very upto date.
DAWN
DAWN ON(SOMEONE): to become suddenly clear to (someone). it
suddenly dawned on me what had meant.
DAY
A RAINY DAY: an emergency. you must lay by something for the rainy day.
DAY BY DAY:daily. prices are rising day by day.
BROAD DAY LIGHT: full and complete any light. our house was
robbed in broad day light.
CALL IT A DAY: to bring something to an end. i have not finished
this piece of work but iam so tired that i will have tocall it a day.
DAYS TO COME: the futre. in the days to come we shall all travel by air.
CREATURE OF DAY: short lived. beauty is a creature of day.
BREAK OF DAY:dawn. she met me at break of day.
DAY IN, DAY OUT: everyday without exception. day in, day out she
has to look after the baby.
ONE OF THESE DAYS: at some timeinthe near futre. i shall look in
and see you one of these days.
TO THIS DAY:even now; up to the present time.to this day we have
no idea who was the real thief.
WIN THE DAY: to be successful. common sense will win the day.
DEAD
DEAD BEAT:exhausted or very tired. she was dead beat after
doing her spring cleaning.
A DEAT SHOT:a good marksman.ourcity has a good number of dead
sots who are known for their marksmanship.
AT DEAD OF NIGHT: in the mid night. the thieves killed the money
lender at the dead of night.
DEAD SET ON(SOMETHING): determined or very anxious. my wifeis
dead set on that house.
DEAD TO THE WORLD: fast asleep. when he arrived home at midnight
his wife was already dead to the world.
DEAD LANGUAGE: language no longer spoken. sanskrit is not a dead language.
DEAD LETTER:a lette of which adressee can not be traced. pose
office redirect dead letterss to thesenders.
DEAD LOSS:total loss. the ship broke up becomea dead loss.
DEAD STOCK: unsaleable gooods. once are so many dead stock in
your godwon.
DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL: completely dead. i found his dead asa door nail.
DEAL
A GOOD/GREAT DEAL OF:much. i have a good/great deal of money for
my son's marriage.
DEAL OUT:to distribute. a judge should deal out equal justice to all.
DEAL WITH:to trade with, to treat well. i will not deal with
this shop keeper at all.
A RAW DEAL: bad treatment. the old man was left only the cottage-
raw deal for one who had worked so hard.
DEAL IN : trade in. he deals in books.
DEATH
HE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME: he will cause my death. he is so
mechievous with his mischief that he will be death of me.
TO BE SICK UNTO DEATH : to have. he is now sick unto death.
AT DEATH'S DOOR: about to death. i found him at death's door.
CATCH ONE'S DEATH(OF COLD): ti get a very bad cold, if you go
out in that rain without coat you will catch your death(of cold).
A DEATH TRAP: a place, biulding etc. in which one is in danger
of being killed or harmed. old buildings without fire escape are real
death traps.
PUT TO DEATH: kill. the minister put his king to death.
DEEP
IN DEEP WATER: in difficulties or trouble. he found himself in
deep water when he took over the management of the firm.
DEDUCTION
MAKE A DEDUCTION:reduce by. i can make a deduction of five percent.
DEPEND
DEPEND UPON IT:be certain.. depend upon it, we shall win the match.
DEPTH
IN DEPTH: deeply and thorougly. i have studies the subject in depth.
OUT OF ONE'S DEPTH: beyond one's faculties. itis difficult
problem and is out of my depth.
DEPTH OF HEART: great sincerity. i speak from the depth of my heart.
DESIGN
HAVE DESIGNS ON(SOMETHING): to be trying to get. he has design on my job.
DESIRE
LEAVE A LOT TO BE DESIRED: not be very good. her cooking
leaves a lot to be desired.
DESPAIR
DESPAIR OF:of gaining anything. he is despair of winning a scholarship.
DEVIL
GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE: to be fair to someone one dislikes or
disaproves of. her husband is terribly bad tempered although, to give
the devil his due, he is always very pleasant to me.
TO DEVIL AMONG: disturbance. i know there was the devil among
the gathering.
THE DEVIL OF:unpleasant person. he is the devil of a clerk.
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THE DEVIL TO PAY: serious consequences. the murderer said,"
if they find us , there will bethe devil to pay.
POOR DEVIL: luckless person. a middle class manis a poor devil.
DIE
DIE HARD: to struggle hard against death. old customs die hard.
DIE AWAY: to disappear by degress. old customes will die away.
TO DIE IN HARNESS: to go on working till death . some people
believe in dying in harness.
DIE GAME: fighting . it was a die game.
TO DIE DAILY: to suffer spiritual death. he die daily.
DIE BACK: to die by degrees. the tress was dying back for a
year before falling down.
DIE OUT:to become extinct; to disappear. honesty is dying out
in the world.
TO DIE HARD: to die with great struggle. old habits die hard.
DIFFER
TO AGREE TO DIFFER: to give up an attempt to convince each
other. shastri and ayub agreed to differ.
DIFFERENCE
SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE: halve the amount in dispute. you ask
six rupees, i offer four rupees; will you split the difference and
accept five.
MAKE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN: to distinguish one thing from
another. let us not make a difference between right and wrong.
DIM
TAKE A DIM VIEW OF: to disapprove of. i take a dim view of
his attitude to his parents.
DIP
DIP INTO: to look briefly at(a book) or to study in a casual
manner. ihave dipped into his book on shakespere, but i have not read
it right throgh.
DIRT
DIRT CHEAP:very cheap. she got that car dirt cheap.
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DO(SOMEONE'S) DIRTY WORK: to an unpleasant task or morally
wrong action on behalf of. he wanted me to do his dirty work for him.
DIG
DIG IN:to make an energetic start on something , esp eating a
meal. she put a pot to stew on the table and we all dug in.
DIG UP:to remove from the ground by digging. let us not dig
up old differences.
TO DIG AT: to remark against. it does not pay to dit at your elders.
DING-DONG
DING-DONG: monotony; sameness. the life of a cleark is just
ding-dong.
DINT
BY DINT OF : effort; usually continued. he succeeded in the
examination by dint of hard work.
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DISAGREE
DISAGREE WITH: to be at variance with, not to agree with.
the patient is so weak that solid food disagreed with him.
DISCRETION
AGE OF DISCRETION:time maturity. the girl has reached the
age of discretion .
AT THE DISCRETION: according to one's will. please do you
work at the discretion of your manager.
DISH
STANDING DISH: a dish served everyday. bread is a standing
dish in the punjab.
DISH UP:a dish serve attractively. please sit down and let
us dish our ideas.
DISPOSE
DISPOSE OF: is tosell, to get rid of. hehas disposed of all his goods.
DISPUTE
BEYOND DISPUTE:certainly. is it a fact beyond dispute?
thathe is a good boy.
DIVIDE BETWEEN: divide into part. pleas divide the orange
between the two children.
DISTANCE
KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE:not to be too friendly; not to come too
close. he was very plesant to every one in the office, but he kept his
distance.
DO
BE DONE: to be at an end, to have done; finished. the
marriage is done.
DO BY: act towards . when the trouble comes, will you please
do by me.
DO FOR: suit. this coat will do for me.
TO DO IN THE EYE: to cheat. the quality of a thief lies in
doing in the eye.
DO UP: put up; make tidy; arrange; fasten up. the doll was done up.
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TO HAVE TO DO WITH: to have dealing with. i have nothing to
di with mohan as he is not honest.
TO DO AWAY WITH: to get rid of. he wanted to do away with
this job. to do full justice to my lunch last after noon.
DO(SOME ONE) DOWN: to cheat or overcome(someone) in some
way. he enjoys doing other people down.
DO OR DIE: to succeed or to die, ruin oneself. the cricket
team arrived at the match determined to do or die.
DO(SOME ONE)OVER: to give a severe beating ot (someone). a
group of thugs came round to his one night and did him over.
WELL TO DO: rich enough. she comes of a well to do family.
DO NOTHING: useless. manohar is do nothing person.
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DONE: completely cooked. the pudding is done.
HAVE DONE WITH: stop old. have done with all the nonsense.
DOG
A DOGS BODY:some one who is given odd jobs. she acts a
scretary and general dogs body to the firm.
GO TO THE DOGS: to be ruined. he seems to have gone
completely to the dogs and spends all his time in the pub.
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE: avoid any action leading to
unnecessary fraction or trouble. we let sleeping dogs lie, and married
without asking your father's opinion.
IN THE DOGS HOUSE: in disgrace. he forgot his wife's
birthday, so he is in the dog house.
DOG OF WAR: havoc. the plague caused the dog of war.
DOG'S AGE: a long time. we have not met a dog's age.
A DOG IN THE MANGER:a selfish fellow who will not allow
others to enjoy which he cannot avail. the people of the village
followed a dog in the manger policy and , therefore, there was no
progress.
DOG SLEEP: light sleep. old men enjoy a dog sleep.
DOG CHEAP: very cheap. oranges are dog cheap in india.
DONKEY
DONKEY'S AGES/YEARS: very long time. i have not seen him in
donkey's ages.
DONKEY WORK: hard; unrewarding part of any task. we know
have computer to do the donkey work.
TALK THE HIND LEG OFF A DONKEY: to talk a great deal and for
a long time. i like this little girl, but she would talk the hind leg
off a donkey.
DOOR
NEXT DOOR TO : very near. he stay next door to my house.
OUT OF DOORS: outside; not is a house. boys should play out of doors.
AT DEATH'S DOOR: about to die. his father is at death's door
these days.
TO SHOW A PERSON THE DOOR: order a person to leave permises.
mohan's behaviour was so insolent that i had to show him the door.
ON(SOMEONE'S) DOORSTEP: very close to where(someone) lives.
the abu mountains are on our doorstep.
SHOW(SOME ONE) THE DOOR: to make (someone) leave the house.
the landlord came round to try to make us a pay extra rent, but my
husband soon showed him the door.
DOUBLE
AT THE DOUBLE: very quickly. he came up the road at the
double and rushed into the house.
DOUBLE MIND: indecision. he is a man of double mind.
DOUBLE DEALER: deceitful person. kapoor is a double dealer.
DOUBLE QUICK: quickly. he dashed to the door, double quick,
but was tooo late to catch the thief.
DOUBT
MAKE NO DOUBT:do what is necessary make certain. make no
doubt that the safe door is locked.
BEYOND DOUBT: with absolute certainty. the man is dead beyond a boubt.
DOWN
DOWN AND OUT: at the end of one's resources. i was down and
out when he came to my help.
GO DOWN WITH: be acceptable to. your goods will go down with the bride.
DOWN TO THE GROUND: completely. the house was burnt down to the ground.
TO GO DOWN: to decrease in value. sugar has gone down these days.
PULL DOWN: to demolish. this house being very old should be
pulled down.
TO TAKE DOWN: to write down. please take down class work.
TO RUN DOWN: to speak against. it is not good to run down your friends.
UP AND DOWN: fluctuations. a man who has seen ups and downs
in his life can guide others well.
TO BE DOWN: to be suffering from. i am down with fever.
DRAW
DRAW UP: to compose due from, arrange in order. i draw up the
state of my affairs in writing.
DRAW OFF: to lead away. the captain draw off his men.
DRAW ON: approach; entice; allure. as the time drew on, alll
stood in readiness.
DRAWN GAME:end in draw. the football match between india and
burma ended in draw.
DRAW NEAR: come near; approach. draw near, i have news for you.
DRAW BACK: to draw back. they draw back their petition.
DRAW CUTS: draw lots. let us draw cuts to find winner.
DRAW OUT: remove money from a bank or company. i drew out five
hundred rupees last week.
WITHDRAWN FACE: sullen. he found me with a drown face.
DRINK
DRINK IN:to absorb rain,etc. sand drank in the whole barrel of milk.
TO DRINK HARD: to be given to drinking in excess. heis a hard drinker.
TO DRINK UP: to finish by driniking. he has drunk up his
entire bank balance.
DRINK OFF : to drink the whole at once.i drunk off bottle.
DRIVE
DRIVE AWAY:depart, in a carriage. he must drive away in three minutes.
DRIVE OUT: is to banish, to expel, to drive beyond a
boundary. drive out the sheep to the meadows.
TO DRIVE HOME:to lay stree on.i took great pains in driving
home to home the evils of smoking.
DROP
DROP IN: to arrive, informally to visit some one. do drop in
if you happen to be passing.
DROP A LINE: send a short note. drop me a line when you are
next in the city.
DROP OUT: cease to complete. five runners started , but two
soon dropped out.
DROP OFF: fallasleep. i closed my eyes and soon dropped off.
DROP BY: to visit someone casually and without being invited
.i will drop by on my way home if i have time.
DROP DOWN: to sail or row away. the three friends dropped
down in a boat.
TO TAKE A DROP: to drink small quanity of liquor. let us take a drop.
DRUG
DRUG IN THE MARKET:an unsaleable commodity. mangoes are drug
in the market during this session.
DRY
DRY(SOMEONE) OUT:to cure or make better. he went to a nursing
home to be dried out.
A DRY DEATH: death on land. shri nehru died a dry death.
DRY FACTS:uninteresting. donot bore me with your dry facts.
DRY UP:to forget what to say, e.g in a play. he dried up in
the middle of a scene.
TO GO DRY: to be without lequor. calcutta has gone dry.
DRY BEAT: a good beat but resulting into shedding of blood.
we gave a dry beat tothe theif.
DRY AS DUST:dull. the picture was aboslutely dry as dust.
DUCK
A LAME DUCK: a helpless or inefficient person. her house is
always full of lame ducks who need help.
TO PLAY DUCKS AND DRAKES WITH : to squander. he played ducks
and draked with that handsome legacy and found himself forced to took
for work.
DUCK DIAMOND: beloved. i can give up everything for my duck.
DUST
BITE THE DUST: to cease to exist, to be unsuccessful. that
another schme that's bitten the dust.
TO THROW DUST IN ONE'S EYES:hoodwind; mislead. madan threw
dust inthe eyes of his friend and robbed him to his property.
DUTY
IN DUTY BOUND:compelled by a sense of duty. in duty bound he
went to see his father.
DUTCH
DOUBLE DUTCH:nonsense. i could not understand what he was
saying it was double dutch to me.
DUTCH COURAGE: an artificial courage gained by drining
alcohol. he needed some duthc courage before asking her to marry him.
GO DUTCH: to pay each for oneself. since neither had much
money, they always went dutch when they went out together.
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TALK LIKE A DUTCH UNCLE: to rebuke. please donot talk to me
like a dutch uncle.
A DAB HAND:an expert. he is a dab hand at carpentry.
DAGGER
TO SPEAK DAGGERS:to speak bitter words. the manager spoke
daggers with the head cleark on account of latter's insolence.
AT DAGGERS DRAWN:open enmity, bitter hostility.rama and shiam
being fast friends formerly, are now at daggers drawn with each other.
shakuntla and ramesh are at daggers drawn.
LOOK DAGGERS:look in a hostile manner. he looked daggers at his step son.
DARBY
DARBY AND JOHN:an aged and devoted husband and wife. mrs and
mr madan are regular darby and joan.
DANCE
DANCE AWAY: lose. three thousand rupees have danced away from me.
DANCE ATTENDANCE: attend as an inferior. the whole court
danced attendance on the minister.
DARK
A DARK HORSE: a person about whose abilities etc. little is
known . we knew how three of the four competitors would perform, but
the fourth was a dark horse.
KEEP DARK:to be silent. it is best to keep dark about
political conspiracies.
KEEP IT DARK: conceal it. please keep it dark.
AT DARK: at night fall. please meet me at dark in the garden.
IN THE DARK: in ignorance. i am completely in the dark of his plan.
TO KEEP DARK ABOUT ANY THING: to keep secrecy about something.
it was necessary to keep dark about his father's death till the
question was settled.
THE DARK AGES: earlier periods of history. during the dark
ages, a man had very limited wants.
DASH
DASH TO THE GROUND: to fell. all my plans dashed the ground.
DASH OFF: hurry away. he dashed off for help.
TO CUT A DASH: to make a brillliant show. raj kapoor cut a dash
in "sangam".
DASH OUT: knock out. she has dashed out her enemies one by one.
DATE
OUT OF DATE: absolete. this railway time table is out of date.
TO DATE:(formal) up to the present time.this is the best entry
we have received to date.
UPTO DATE: latest. this method is very upto date.
DAWN
DAWN ON(SOMEONE): to become suddenly clear to (someone). it
suddenly dawned on me what had meant.
DAY
A RAINY DAY: an emergency. you must lay by something for the rainy day.
DAY BY DAY:daily. prices are rising day by day.
BROAD DAY LIGHT: full and complete any light. our house was
robbed in broad day light.
CALL IT A DAY: to bring something to an end. i have not finished
this piece of work but iam so tired that i will have tocall it a day.
DAYS TO COME: the futre. in the days to come we shall all travel by air.
CREATURE OF DAY: short lived. beauty is a creature of day.
BREAK OF DAY:dawn. she met me at break of day.
DAY IN, DAY OUT: everyday without exception. day in, day out she
has to look after the baby.
ONE OF THESE DAYS: at some timeinthe near futre. i shall look in
and see you one of these days.
TO THIS DAY:even now; up to the present time.to this day we have
no idea who was the real thief.
WIN THE DAY: to be successful. common sense will win the day.
DEAD
DEAD BEAT:exhausted or very tired. she was dead beat after
doing her spring cleaning.
A DEAT SHOT:a good marksman.ourcity has a good number of dead
sots who are known for their marksmanship.
AT DEAD OF NIGHT: in the mid night. the thieves killed the money
lender at the dead of night.
DEAD SET ON(SOMETHING): determined or very anxious. my wifeis
dead set on that house.
DEAD TO THE WORLD: fast asleep. when he arrived home at midnight
his wife was already dead to the world.
DEAD LANGUAGE: language no longer spoken. sanskrit is not a dead language.
DEAD LETTER:a lette of which adressee can not be traced. pose
office redirect dead letterss to thesenders.
DEAD LOSS:total loss. the ship broke up becomea dead loss.
DEAD STOCK: unsaleable gooods. once are so many dead stock in
your godwon.
DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL: completely dead. i found his dead asa door nail.
DEAL
A GOOD/GREAT DEAL OF:much. i have a good/great deal of money for
my son's marriage.
DEAL OUT:to distribute. a judge should deal out equal justice to all.
DEAL WITH:to trade with, to treat well. i will not deal with
this shop keeper at all.
A RAW DEAL: bad treatment. the old man was left only the cottage-
raw deal for one who had worked so hard.
DEAL IN : trade in. he deals in books.
DEATH
HE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME: he will cause my death. he is so
mechievous with his mischief that he will be death of me.
TO BE SICK UNTO DEATH : to have. he is now sick unto death.
AT DEATH'S DOOR: about to death. i found him at death's door.
CATCH ONE'S DEATH(OF COLD): ti get a very bad cold, if you go
out in that rain without coat you will catch your death(of cold).
A DEATH TRAP: a place, biulding etc. in which one is in danger
of being killed or harmed. old buildings without fire escape are real
death traps.
PUT TO DEATH: kill. the minister put his king to death.
DEEP
IN DEEP WATER: in difficulties or trouble. he found himself in
deep water when he took over the management of the firm.
DEDUCTION
MAKE A DEDUCTION:reduce by. i can make a deduction of five percent.
DEPEND
DEPEND UPON IT:be certain.. depend upon it, we shall win the match.
DEPTH
IN DEPTH: deeply and thorougly. i have studies the subject in depth.
OUT OF ONE'S DEPTH: beyond one's faculties. itis difficult
problem and is out of my depth.
DEPTH OF HEART: great sincerity. i speak from the depth of my heart.
DESIGN
HAVE DESIGNS ON(SOMETHING): to be trying to get. he has design on my job.
DESIRE
LEAVE A LOT TO BE DESIRED: not be very good. her cooking
leaves a lot to be desired.
DESPAIR
DESPAIR OF:of gaining anything. he is despair of winning a scholarship.
DEVIL
GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE: to be fair to someone one dislikes or
disaproves of. her husband is terribly bad tempered although, to give
the devil his due, he is always very pleasant to me.
TO DEVIL AMONG: disturbance. i know there was the devil among
the gathering.
THE DEVIL OF:unpleasant person. he is the devil of a clerk.
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THE DEVIL TO PAY: serious consequences. the murderer said,"
if they find us , there will bethe devil to pay.
POOR DEVIL: luckless person. a middle class manis a poor devil.
DIE
DIE HARD: to struggle hard against death. old customs die hard.
DIE AWAY: to disappear by degress. old customes will die away.
TO DIE IN HARNESS: to go on working till death . some people
believe in dying in harness.
DIE GAME: fighting . it was a die game.
TO DIE DAILY: to suffer spiritual death. he die daily.
DIE BACK: to die by degrees. the tress was dying back for a
year before falling down.
DIE OUT:to become extinct; to disappear. honesty is dying out
in the world.
TO DIE HARD: to die with great struggle. old habits die hard.
DIFFER
TO AGREE TO DIFFER: to give up an attempt to convince each
other. shastri and ayub agreed to differ.
DIFFERENCE
SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE: halve the amount in dispute. you ask
six rupees, i offer four rupees; will you split the difference and
accept five.
MAKE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN: to distinguish one thing from
another. let us not make a difference between right and wrong.
DIM
TAKE A DIM VIEW OF: to disapprove of. i take a dim view of
his attitude to his parents.
DIP
DIP INTO: to look briefly at(a book) or to study in a casual
manner. ihave dipped into his book on shakespere, but i have not read
it right throgh.
DIRT
DIRT CHEAP:very cheap. she got that car dirt cheap.
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DO(SOMEONE'S) DIRTY WORK: to an unpleasant task or morally
wrong action on behalf of. he wanted me to do his dirty work for him.
DIG
DIG IN:to make an energetic start on something , esp eating a
meal. she put a pot to stew on the table and we all dug in.
DIG UP:to remove from the ground by digging. let us not dig
up old differences.
TO DIG AT: to remark against. it does not pay to dit at your elders.
DING-DONG
DING-DONG: monotony; sameness. the life of a cleark is just
ding-dong.
DINT
BY DINT OF : effort; usually continued. he succeeded in the
examination by dint of hard work.
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DISAGREE
DISAGREE WITH: to be at variance with, not to agree with.
the patient is so weak that solid food disagreed with him.
DISCRETION
AGE OF DISCRETION:time maturity. the girl has reached the
age of discretion .
AT THE DISCRETION: according to one's will. please do you
work at the discretion of your manager.
DISH
STANDING DISH: a dish served everyday. bread is a standing
dish in the punjab.
DISH UP:a dish serve attractively. please sit down and let
us dish our ideas.
DISPOSE
DISPOSE OF: is tosell, to get rid of. hehas disposed of all his goods.
DISPUTE
BEYOND DISPUTE:certainly. is it a fact beyond dispute?
thathe is a good boy.
DIVIDE BETWEEN: divide into part. pleas divide the orange
between the two children.
DISTANCE
KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE:not to be too friendly; not to come too
close. he was very plesant to every one in the office, but he kept his
distance.
DO
BE DONE: to be at an end, to have done; finished. the
marriage is done.
DO BY: act towards . when the trouble comes, will you please
do by me.
DO FOR: suit. this coat will do for me.
TO DO IN THE EYE: to cheat. the quality of a thief lies in
doing in the eye.
DO UP: put up; make tidy; arrange; fasten up. the doll was done up.
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TO HAVE TO DO WITH: to have dealing with. i have nothing to
di with mohan as he is not honest.
TO DO AWAY WITH: to get rid of. he wanted to do away with
this job. to do full justice to my lunch last after noon.
DO(SOME ONE) DOWN: to cheat or overcome(someone) in some
way. he enjoys doing other people down.
DO OR DIE: to succeed or to die, ruin oneself. the cricket
team arrived at the match determined to do or die.
DO(SOME ONE)OVER: to give a severe beating ot (someone). a
group of thugs came round to his one night and did him over.
WELL TO DO: rich enough. she comes of a well to do family.
DO NOTHING: useless. manohar is do nothing person.
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DONE: completely cooked. the pudding is done.
HAVE DONE WITH: stop old. have done with all the nonsense.
DOG
A DOGS BODY:some one who is given odd jobs. she acts a
scretary and general dogs body to the firm.
GO TO THE DOGS: to be ruined. he seems to have gone
completely to the dogs and spends all his time in the pub.
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE: avoid any action leading to
unnecessary fraction or trouble. we let sleeping dogs lie, and married
without asking your father's opinion.
IN THE DOGS HOUSE: in disgrace. he forgot his wife's
birthday, so he is in the dog house.
DOG OF WAR: havoc. the plague caused the dog of war.
DOG'S AGE: a long time. we have not met a dog's age.
A DOG IN THE MANGER:a selfish fellow who will not allow
others to enjoy which he cannot avail. the people of the village
followed a dog in the manger policy and , therefore, there was no
progress.
DOG SLEEP: light sleep. old men enjoy a dog sleep.
DOG CHEAP: very cheap. oranges are dog cheap in india.
DONKEY
DONKEY'S AGES/YEARS: very long time. i have not seen him in
donkey's ages.
DONKEY WORK: hard; unrewarding part of any task. we know
have computer to do the donkey work.
TALK THE HIND LEG OFF A DONKEY: to talk a great deal and for
a long time. i like this little girl, but she would talk the hind leg
off a donkey.
DOOR
NEXT DOOR TO : very near. he stay next door to my house.
OUT OF DOORS: outside; not is a house. boys should play out of doors.
AT DEATH'S DOOR: about to die. his father is at death's door
these days.
TO SHOW A PERSON THE DOOR: order a person to leave permises.
mohan's behaviour was so insolent that i had to show him the door.
ON(SOMEONE'S) DOORSTEP: very close to where(someone) lives.
the abu mountains are on our doorstep.
SHOW(SOME ONE) THE DOOR: to make (someone) leave the house.
the landlord came round to try to make us a pay extra rent, but my
husband soon showed him the door.
DOUBLE
AT THE DOUBLE: very quickly. he came up the road at the
double and rushed into the house.
DOUBLE MIND: indecision. he is a man of double mind.
DOUBLE DEALER: deceitful person. kapoor is a double dealer.
DOUBLE QUICK: quickly. he dashed to the door, double quick,
but was tooo late to catch the thief.
DOUBT
MAKE NO DOUBT:do what is necessary make certain. make no
doubt that the safe door is locked.
BEYOND DOUBT: with absolute certainty. the man is dead beyond a boubt.
DOWN
DOWN AND OUT: at the end of one's resources. i was down and
out when he came to my help.
GO DOWN WITH: be acceptable to. your goods will go down with the bride.
DOWN TO THE GROUND: completely. the house was burnt down to the ground.
TO GO DOWN: to decrease in value. sugar has gone down these days.
PULL DOWN: to demolish. this house being very old should be
pulled down.
TO TAKE DOWN: to write down. please take down class work.
TO RUN DOWN: to speak against. it is not good to run down your friends.
UP AND DOWN: fluctuations. a man who has seen ups and downs
in his life can guide others well.
TO BE DOWN: to be suffering from. i am down with fever.
DRAW
DRAW UP: to compose due from, arrange in order. i draw up the
state of my affairs in writing.
DRAW OFF: to lead away. the captain draw off his men.
DRAW ON: approach; entice; allure. as the time drew on, alll
stood in readiness.
DRAWN GAME:end in draw. the football match between india and
burma ended in draw.
DRAW NEAR: come near; approach. draw near, i have news for you.
DRAW BACK: to draw back. they draw back their petition.
DRAW CUTS: draw lots. let us draw cuts to find winner.
DRAW OUT: remove money from a bank or company. i drew out five
hundred rupees last week.
WITHDRAWN FACE: sullen. he found me with a drown face.
DRINK
DRINK IN:to absorb rain,etc. sand drank in the whole barrel of milk.
TO DRINK HARD: to be given to drinking in excess. heis a hard drinker.
TO DRINK UP: to finish by driniking. he has drunk up his
entire bank balance.
DRINK OFF : to drink the whole at once.i drunk off bottle.
DRIVE
DRIVE AWAY:depart, in a carriage. he must drive away in three minutes.
DRIVE OUT: is to banish, to expel, to drive beyond a
boundary. drive out the sheep to the meadows.
TO DRIVE HOME:to lay stree on.i took great pains in driving
home to home the evils of smoking.
DROP
DROP IN: to arrive, informally to visit some one. do drop in
if you happen to be passing.
DROP A LINE: send a short note. drop me a line when you are
next in the city.
DROP OUT: cease to complete. five runners started , but two
soon dropped out.
DROP OFF: fallasleep. i closed my eyes and soon dropped off.
DROP BY: to visit someone casually and without being invited
.i will drop by on my way home if i have time.
DROP DOWN: to sail or row away. the three friends dropped
down in a boat.
TO TAKE A DROP: to drink small quanity of liquor. let us take a drop.
DRUG
DRUG IN THE MARKET:an unsaleable commodity. mangoes are drug
in the market during this session.
DRY
DRY(SOMEONE) OUT:to cure or make better. he went to a nursing
home to be dried out.
A DRY DEATH: death on land. shri nehru died a dry death.
DRY FACTS:uninteresting. donot bore me with your dry facts.
DRY UP:to forget what to say, e.g in a play. he dried up in
the middle of a scene.
TO GO DRY: to be without lequor. calcutta has gone dry.
DRY BEAT: a good beat but resulting into shedding of blood.
we gave a dry beat tothe theif.
DRY AS DUST:dull. the picture was aboslutely dry as dust.
DUCK
A LAME DUCK: a helpless or inefficient person. her house is
always full of lame ducks who need help.
TO PLAY DUCKS AND DRAKES WITH : to squander. he played ducks
and draked with that handsome legacy and found himself forced to took
for work.
DUCK DIAMOND: beloved. i can give up everything for my duck.
DUST
BITE THE DUST: to cease to exist, to be unsuccessful. that
another schme that's bitten the dust.
TO THROW DUST IN ONE'S EYES:hoodwind; mislead. madan threw
dust inthe eyes of his friend and robbed him to his property.
DUTY
IN DUTY BOUND:compelled by a sense of duty. in duty bound he
went to see his father.
DUTCH
DOUBLE DUTCH:nonsense. i could not understand what he was
saying it was double dutch to me.
DUTCH COURAGE: an artificial courage gained by drining
alcohol. he needed some duthc courage before asking her to marry him.
GO DUTCH: to pay each for oneself. since neither had much
money, they always went dutch when they went out together.
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TALK LIKE A DUTCH UNCLE: to rebuke. please donot talk to me
like a dutch uncle.
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