don't shoot the messenger »
The bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for the bad news.
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done a bunk »
Simple past tense and past participle of do a bunk.
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doorprikken »
To puncture.
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double talk »
Speaking in a mixture of real English and English-sounding gibberish, for humorous effect.
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double up »
To double the quantity, amount or duration of something.
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down for the count »
Decisively beaten; rendered irrelevant for the long term.
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down on one's luck »
Unlucky or undergoing a period of bad luck, especially with respect to financial matters.
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down pat »
Thoroughly practiced, rehearsed, or understood.
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down to the short strokes »
In the final steps or decisive phase of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.
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down under »
In Australia.
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doze off »
To fall asleep unintentionally.
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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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draw a blank »
To be unable to produce a required piece of information.
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draw back »
To withdraw from an undertaking.
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draw on »
To advance, continue; to move or pass slowly or continuously, as under a pulling force.
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