D
Idioms beginning with "D"
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[dirt cheap] {adj.}
Extremely inexpensive.
The apartment we are renting is dirt cheap compared to other apartments of similar size in this neighborhood.
[dirty look] {n.}, {informal}
A look that shows dislike.
Miss Parker sent Joe to the principal's office for giving her a dirty look.
[dirty old man] {n. phr.}
An older man who shows an unhealthy interest in young girls.
"Stay away from Uncle Algernon, Sally," her mother warned. "He is a dirty old man."
[dirty one's hands] or [soil one's hands] {v. phr.}
To lower or hurt one's character or good name; do a bad or shameful thing.
The teacher warned the children not to dirty their hands by cheating in the examination.
* /I would not soil my hands by […]
[dirty story] {n. phr.}
An improper or obscene story.
Uncle Bill is much too fond of telling dirty stories in order to embarrass his friends.
[dirty trick] {n. phr.}
A treacherous action; an unfair act.
That was a dirty trick John played on Mary when he ran away with her younger sister.
[disappear] or [evaporate] or [vanish into thin air] {v. phr.}
To disappear quickly, without leaving a trace.
Money seems to disappear into thin air these days.
Jack just vanished into thin air before the meeting had started.