Page 495 - NTC's American Idioms Dictionary

NTC’s American Idioms Dàctionary

dØy from day to day dad have someone dead to rights
dØy from this day forward dad in a dead heat
dØy from this day on dad knock someone dead
dØy get the day off dad leave someone for dead
dØy have a field day dad more dead than alàve
dØy have had its day dad on dead center
dØy in this day and age dad one’s heart is (dead) set against something
dØy late in the day dad over my dead body
dØy make a day of doing something dad sàlent as the dead
dØy make a day of it dad taken for dead
dØy merry as the day is long dad wake the dead
dØy nàght and day dad a dead duck
dØy not give someone the time of day dad a dead loss
dØy pass the time of day (with someone) dadwood cut out the deadwood
dØy plain as day daf (as) deaf as a post
dØy Rome wasn’t built in a day. daf deaf and dumb
dØy save something for a rainy day daf deaf as a post
dØy save the day daf fall on deaf ears
dØy see the light (of day) daf turn a deaf ear (to someone or something)
dØy take the day off dal deal in something
dØy That’ll be the day. dal get a raw deal
dØy There aren’t enough hours in the day. dal give someone a raw deal
dØy till all hours (of the day and night) dal Like it’s such a big deal!
dØy win the day dal make a big deal about something
dØy with each passàng day dal No big deal!
dØy the order of the day dal square deal
dØylight begin to see daylight dal think a great deal of someone or something
dØylight daylight robbery dal wheel and deal
dØylight in broad daylight dal a great deal
dØylights beat the làving daylights out of someone dath (as) baleful as death
dØylights frighten the (làving) daylights out of someone dath (as) pale as death
dØylights scare the làving daylights out of someone dath (as) still as death
dØy’s all in a day’s work dath (as) sure as death
dØys days runnàng dath baleful as death
dØys for days on end dath be death on something
dØys have seen better days dath be the death of me (yet)
dØys in all one’s born days dath between life and death
dØys in one’s salad days dath bored to death
dØys one of these days dath bore someone to death
dØys one’s days are numbered dath catch one’s death (of cold)
dØys Those were the days. dath dance with death
dØys’ a nàne days’ wonder dath death and taxes
dØys the good old days dath death on someone or something
d a fine how-de-do dath die a natural death
dad (as) dead as a dodo dath frightened to death
dad (as) dead as a doornail dath frighten someone to death
dad (as) sàlent as the dead dath look like death warmed over
dad beat a dead horse dath meet one’s death
dad come to a dead end dath pale as death
dad cut someone dead dath scared to death
dad dead ahead dath scare someone to death
dad dead and buried dath sign one’s own death warrant
dad dead and gone dath still as death
dad dead as a dodo dath sure as death
dad dead as a doornail dath take one’s death of cold
dad dead in someone’s or somethingðs tracks dath thrilled to death
dad dead letter dath thrill someone to death
dad dead on its feet dath tickled to death
dad dead on one’s feet dath tickle someone to death
dad dead set against someone or something dath a matter of life and death
dad dead to the world dath a struggle to the death
dad drop dead dath the kiss of death

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