English Phrases, proverbs, and expressions are an important part of everyday English. They come up all the time in both written and spoken English. Because Phrases don’t always make sense literally, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with the meaning and usage of each idiom. That may seem like a lot of work, but learning Phrases is fun, especially when you compare English Phrases to the Phrases in your own language.
Here’s a list of “Phrases Beginning With D” in English:
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Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch
Meaning: An old saying that means a person should not make plans based on assumptions because things may not turn out how they expect.
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Don’t Look a Gift Horse In The Mouth
Meaning: When you receive a gift from someone, do not be ungrateful.
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Down And Out
Meaning: A boxer who has been knocked out.
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Down For The Count
Meaning: Someone or something that looks to be defeated, or nearly so.
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Down To Earth
Meaning: Practical or humble; unpretentious.
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Down To The Wire
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.
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Drawing a Blank
Meaning: Failing to recall a memory; unable to remember something.
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Drive Me Nuts
Meaning: Someone who is greatly annoyed or frustrated. The word “nuts” is sometimes substituted with crazy, insane, bonkers, or bananas.
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Dropping Like Flies
Meaning: People who have fallen down ill or who have died in large numbers.
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Dark Horse
Meaning: Someone in a competition, either a team or an individual, that has the potential to win it all.
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Dead Air
Meaning: A time where nothing is going on and there is silence.
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Deer In Headlights
Meaning: If a person is described as being a “deer in headlights,” it means they saw something caused freeze up in fear or surprise.
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Dodge a Bullet
Meaning: To avoid a situation that would have been very troublesome to deal with.
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Doggy Bag
Meaning: After eating at a restaurant, if you have spare food that you want to take home with you, they give you what is called a “doggy bag” to put it in. Basically, it’s a small container.
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Done To Death
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.
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Don’t Hold Your Breath
Meaning: If someone uses the phrase “don’t hold your breath,” they mean the thing you’re hoping or expecting to happen probably won’t.
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Don’t Sweat It
Meaning: Another way of saying: “Don’t worry about it.”
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Double Take
Meaning: Noticing something so peculiar that you have to check it twice to make sure what you saw was real.
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Down In The Dumps
Meaning: Feeling sad or depressed; under the weather.
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Down The Drain
Meaning: Resources, such as money or time, that have gone to waste.
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Drop The Ball
Meaning: The phrase “drop the ball” means to make a mistake.
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