Terrifically big list of D clichés

Dagger (knife) in the heart

Damned if you do and damned if you don’t

Dances (Moves) to the beat of a different drummer

Dangle a carrot in front of him

Dark horse

David versus Goliath

Day late and a dollar short

Dead as a doornail

Dead cat bounce

Dead presidents

Dead ringer

Dead to rights

Deal with it

Dealt a fatal blow

Death by a thousand cuts

Deep do do (shit)

Deep six something

Deer in headlights, Like a

Diamond in the rough

Dig for gold

Dig yourself into a hole

Dip your toe in the water

Dirt cheap

Do a one-eighty (180)

Do as I say and not as I do

Do birds fly?

Dodging bullets

Dodging the tax man

Do or die

Do the Dutch

Do unto others as you would have other do unto you  The Bible

Do what it takes

Do you feel me?

Does a bear shit in the woods?

Does the Pope wear a funny hat?

Doesn’t have both oars in the water

Doesn’t stand (have) a prayer

Doesn’t stand a chance

Dog eat dog

Dog it (Doging it)

Dogs bark, but the caravan moves on  Saudi Arabia

The dog’s bollocks

Dogs have masters, cats have staff

Dog’s life

Doing time

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

Don’t come the raw prawn with me  Australia

Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched

Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do

Don’t get your knickers in a knot  Australia

Don’t get your knickers in a twist

Don’t get your panties in a wad

Don’t go there

Don’t have two nickels to rub together

Don’t hold your breath

Don’t just stand there

Don’t know him from Adam

Don’t know shit from shinola

Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

Don’t look back

Don’t make a fuss

Don’t panic (Captain Mannering!)

Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining!

Don’t rock the boat

Don’t shoot me, I’m just the messenger

Don’t sweat it

Don’t take any wooden nickels

Don’t tempt fate

Dot the I’s and cross the T’s

Double whammy

Down and out

Down in the mouth be

Down on your/his luck

Down the hatch

Drain the lizard

Draw a blank

Dream on

Dressed to kill

Dressed to the nines

Drink the Kool-Aid

Drive me to drink

Drive me/you up a nuts

Drive me/you up a wall

Drive the porcelain bus

Driving me crazy

Driving your ducks to a (mighty) poor pond

Drop a dime

Drop in the bucket

Drop me a line

Dropping like flies

Drown your sorrows

Drunk as a skunk

Dry as a bone

Duck soup

Duck!

Dumb as a fox be

Dumb as a post

Dumb as a stump

Dumber than a bag of hammers

Dumber than a box of rocks

Dutch, Go (Dutch treat)

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