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Идиомы на букву D

• donkey's years
  очень долгое время

  Fanny had been working at a shoe factory for donkey's years before she retired.
• dyed-in-the-wool
  стопроцентный, закоренелый

  My cousin Helen is a dyed-in-the-wool conservative, and I don't think she will ever change.
• drop a bombshell
  сообщить неожиданную новость

  "Will I drop a bombshell if I tell you that I am going to get married?"
• dead on one's feet
  быть очень усталым (целый день на ногах)

  Nora was dead on her feet after cleaning the house all day.
• do a number on (someone or something)
  повредить что-либо, обидеть кого-либо

  "I am sorry; I didn't mean to do a number on you."
• drive (someone) up a wall
  сильно раздражать кого-либо

  My son's constant misbehavior is driving me up a wall.
• do one's bit/part
  делать свою часть (работы), вносить свою лепту

  My friend is a volunteer and she does her bit at the animal shelter.
• dip one's toe in the water
  начать делать что-либо и посмотреть, что из этого получится

  Jim decided to do some volunteer work at the animal shelter to dip his toe in the water of working in the veterinarian field.
• drive at (something)
  намекать на что-либо

  "I do not know what you are driving at."
• dawn on (someone)
  приходить в голову, доходить до сознания

  It suddenly dawned on me that I had forgotten to tell them about my schedule for the next week.
• duck soup
  лёгкий, не требующий усилий

  Our final exam in History was duck soup.
• drop the ball
  сделать ошибку

  Ron had dropped the ball on his decision to leave the company; he was sorry afterwards.
• dirt cheap
  очень дёшево

  The jeans Jim bought were dirt cheap and looked accordingly.
• draw in one's horns
  тратить меньше денег, "затянуть пояс"

  I have been short of money lately, so I have to draw in my horns.
• deliver the goods
  удачно провернуть дело

  I don't think Alan is very successful in his career; he is never able to deliver the goods.
• draw blood
  ранить до крови

  The fencers are not supposed to draw blood during the competition or while exercising.
• daylight robbery
  грабёж среди бела дня

  The amount of money I have to pay for my apartment is daylight robbery.
• Dutch courage
  смелость во хмелю

  "Stop bragging about your acts of bravery; you are drunk and therefore full of Dutch courage."
• do (something) by hand
  делать что-либо вручную

  In the past almost all household jobs were done by hand.
• dressed to the nines/teeth
  быть элегантно, очень хорошо одетым

  The young woman was dressed to the teeth when she went to the theater performance.
• dollar for dollar
  принимая во внимание стоимость

  Dollar for dollar, going to the Swiss Alps for a holiday is a good deal.
• down the hatch
  (пей) до дна (говорится пьющему)

  The toast-master said 'down the hatch' when our glasses were filled.
• dead loss
  чистый убыток, полная потеря

  The money that Jeffrey had invested into a Canadian company was a dead loss.
• dress up
  вырядится, надеть свою лучшую одежду

  Jenny dressed up before she went to a festive dinner at her friends'.
• dead to the world
  крепко спать

  When I came home at about eleven p.m., my husband was aleady in bed, dead to the world.
• die of a broken heart
  умереть от разбитого сердца (причинять страдание)

  Jenny's boyfriend walked out on her and she thought she would die of a broken heart.
• do without (something)
  обходиться без чего-либо

  I didn't save enough money, so I will have to do without holiday this year.
• dead end
  тупик, безвыходное положение

  The negotiations between the ruling party and the opposition came to a dead end.
• Dutch treat
  угощение, при котором каждый платит за себя

  When my friend and I go to the movies, it is always a Dutch treat as both of us don't have much money.
• dead letter
  корреспонденция без адреса

  There is no address on the letter that's why I can't return it; it's a dead letter.
• do something by the book
  следовать правилам

  "If you want to win the case, you should do everything by the book."
• do a double take
  обернуться и посмотреть с удивлением

  My friend wore such an odd attire that it made me do a double take.
• down-at-the-heels
  плохо, бедно, неряшливо одетый

  The bag lady sitting on a bench in the park was down at the heels.
• drop (someone/something) like a hot potato
  прекратить общаться с кем-либо, бросить кого-либо \ что-либо

  I was very upset because Mary and Jane dropped me like a hot potato.
• do justice to (something)
  оценить что-либо по достоинству

  This portrait doesn't do you justice.