D Idioms

(English Idioms & Sayings) D IDIOMS
daily grind

- the everyday work routine
My father is tired of the daily grind of working and will retire soon.

dance to a different tune

- to change one's behavior or attitude
Our boss began dancing to a different tune when his head salesman decided to quit.

dance with death

- to do something that is very risky
The teenagers were dancing with death when they began to race their cars.

dare (someone) to do (something)

- to challenge someone to do something
The little boy dared his friend to throw a rock at the window.

dark horse

- a political candidate who is little known to the general public
The woman candidate was a dark horse but she won the election easily.

darken (someone's) door

- to visit someone or somewhere
The man has never darkened the door of the library in his town.

dash off

- to leave quickly
We dashed off as soon as the concert ended.

dash off (something)

- to do or finish something quickly
I plan to dash off a letter before I go to work.

date back to (a previous time)

- to go back to a previous time
The old building dates back to 1850.

Davy Jone's locker

- the bottom of the sea (as a grave)
When the boat sank all of the crew members went to Davy Jone's locker.

dawn on (someone)

- to become clear or occur to someone
It finally dawned on me why my friend was angry.

day after day

- everyday
Day after day the woman goes to the school to meet her child.

day and night

- all of the time
We worked day and night to finish the project before the end of the month.

day in and day out

- regularly, all of the time
My father goes to that restaurant for lunch day in and day out and he never gets tired of it.

day-to-day

- daily, everyday
The president was not involved in the day-to-day running of the university.

daylight robbery

- the extreme overcharging of money for something
The amount of money which they charged for the gasoline was daylight robbery.

days running

- several days in a row
There were concerts at the auditorium for six days running.

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