D
Idioms beginning with "D"
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Contents of D:
[dog]
See:
[EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY],
[GO TO THE DOGS],
[HOT DOG],
[LEAD A DOG'S LIFE],
[LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE],
[RAIN CATS AND DOGS].
[dog days] {n. phr.}
The hottest days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere (July and August). (The ancient Romans associated this time with the "Dog Star" — Sirius — which becomes visible in the heavens at this time of year.)
* /"The dog days are […]
[dog in the manger] {n. phr.}
A person who is unwilling to let another use what he himself has no use for.
Although Valerie lives alone in that big house, she is like a dog in the manger when it comes to letting someone sharing it with her.
[dog one's steps] {v. phr.}
To follow someone closely.
All the time he was in Havana, Castro's police were dogging his steps.
[dog's life] {n. phr.}
A life of misery, poverty, and unhappiness.
Diogenes, the Greek philosopher, lived a dog's life inside an empty barrel.
[dog-eat-dog] (1) {n.}
A way of living in which every person tries to get what he wants for himself no matter how badly or cruelly he must treat others to get it; readiness to do anything to get what you want.
* /In some early frontier towns it was […]
[dog-eat-dog] (2) {adj.}
Ready or willing to fight and hurt others to get what you want.
During the California gold rush, men had a dog-eat-dog life.
[dog's age] or [coon's age] {n.}, {informal}
A very long time. Usually used after "for" or "in" with a negative.
Charlie Brown! I haven't seen you for a coon's age.
Father hasn't had a night out with the boys in a dog's age.
* /I waited for […]