Daft As A Brush :



Daft As A Brush :

Someone who is daft as a brush is rather stupid.




Damp Squib :

If something is expected to have a great effect or impact but does not, it is a damp squib.




Dancing on Someone’s Grave :

If you will dance on someone’s grave, you will outlive or outlast them and will celebrate their demise.




Darby and Joan :

The expression is used to denote a devoted couple who are living out their retirement years on quiet contentment.




Dark Horse :

If someone is a dark horse, they are a bit of a mystery.

Do not underestimate Gopal. He could be a dark horse.




Davey Jones’ Locker :

Davey Jones’ locker is the bottom of the sea or resting place of drowned sailors.




Day in The Sun :

If you have your day in the sun, you get attention and are appreciated.




Daylight Robbery :

Blatant and unfair overcharging

Open, unfair and hard to prevent

If you are overcharged or underpaid, it is a daylight robbery.

Maratha was haggling with the auto rickshaw driver and exclaimed the fare demanded by him was a day light robbery.




Days Are Numbered :

When someone’s days are numbered, that person is expected to die soon.




Dead Air :

When there is a period of total silence, there is dead air.




Dead and Buried :

If something is dead and buried, it has all long been settled and is not going to be reconsidered.




Dead As A Dodo :

If something is dead as a dodo, it is lifeless and dull. The dodo was a bird that lived the island of Mauritius. It could not fly and was hunted to extinction.



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