do the math »
You can do the calculation yourself, with the implication that you don't have to trust someone else's assertions.
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do the trick »
To work; to be successful; to solve a problem.
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does Macy's tell Gimbel's »
(US, dated, colloquial, rhetorical question) A rhetorical question with the implied answer being that competitors do not share business secrets with one another.
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dog my cats »
Used as a mild oath, or as an expression of astonishment.
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dog's breakfast »
An unappealing mixture; a disorderly situation; a mess.
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dog-eat-dog »
Harsh and ruthless.
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don't be penny wise and pound foolish »
Don't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.
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don't get me started »
About the subject currently being discussed.
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don't shit where you eat »
(idiomatic, vulgar) One should not cause trouble in a place, group, or situation in which one regularly finds oneself.1998 April 14, Nelson Navarro, "Ever faithful, ever true," Manila Standard (Philippines) (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):The guiding principle is Don't shit where you eat. Office romances are always destructive of morale and objectivity.2003 Oct. 8, Jonathan Valania, "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Pussy," Philadelphia Weekly (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Limbaugh was scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the NAB convention in, of all places, Philadelphia, thus violating the cardinal law of the animal kingdom: Don't shit where you eat.2006 Sept. 19, Michael Musto, "NY Mirror," Village Voice (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Mitchell refused to indulge in on-set romances with either gender. "You don't shit where you eat," he told me, plainly.
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don't shoot the messenger »
The bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for the bad news.
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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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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 to the wire »
At the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline.
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drag one's feet »
To procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly.
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