doss down »
To sleep on someone's sofa or floor because there is no bed spare.
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dot the i's and cross the t's »
To take care of every detail, even minor ones; To be meticulous or thorough.
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double entendre »
A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo..
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double-edged sword »
A benefit that is also a liability, or that carries some significant but non-obvious cost or risk.
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double-tongued »
Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech.
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down the road, not across the street »
Along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.
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down with his apple-cart »
Knock or throw him down.
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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators »
(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.
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drill down »
To examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or record.
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drink from a firehose »
To take a small amount from an enormous, hard-to-manage quantity.
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drop a bomb »
To announce surprising or alarming information suddenly and without warning.
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drop a dime »
To make a phone call, usually means calling the police to report another's activities.
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drop a line »
A note or telegram.
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drop in »
One who arrives unannounced or without an appointment.
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drug on the market »
Something which is overabundant at the moment and thus not in demand.
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