D
Idioms beginning with "D"
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[dropout] {n.}
Someone who did not finish school, high school and college primarily.
Tim is having a hard time getting a better job as he was a high-school dropout.
Jack never got his B.A. as he became a college dropout.
[drown one's sorrows] or [drown one's troubles] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To drink liquor to try to forget something unhappy.
When his wife was killed in an auto accident, Mr. Green tried to drown his sorrows in whiskey.
* /When Fred lost his job and […]
[drown out] {v.}
To make so much noise that it is impossible to hear (some other sound).
The children's shouts drowned out the music.
The actor's words were drowned out by applause.
[drum up] {v.}
1. To get by trying or asking again and again; attract or encourage by continued effort.
The car dealer tried to drum up business by advertising low prices.
2. To invent.
* /I will drum up an excuse for coming to see you next […]
[dry behind the ears] {adj. phr.}, {informal}
Experienced; knowing how to do something. Usually used in the negative.
John had just started working for the company, and was not dry behind the ears yet.
Compare: [KNOW ONE'S WAY AROUND].
Contrast: […]
[dry out] {v. phr.}
To cure an alcoholic.
A longtime alcoholic. Uncle Steve is now in the hospital getting dried out.
[dry up] {v.}
1. To become dry.
The reservoir dried up during the four-month drought.
2. To disappear or vanish as if by evaporating.
The Senator's influence dried up when he was voted out of office.
3. {slang}
To stop talking. — Often used […]