damp squib »
Anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations..
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date with destiny »
An inevitable future event or encounter, especially one which is likely to be momentous.
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dawn of a new day »
A new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point.
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day in, day out »
Every day; daily; constantly or continuously; especially, of something that has become routine or monotonous.
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daylight robbery »
An exorbitant charge for a product or service.
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dead »
Stationary; static.
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dead as a doorknob »
Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead.
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dead duck »
A project that is doomed to failure from the start.
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dead last »
The standings, often by a considerable margin to the next-to-last-place finisher or after an exceptionally poor showing or season.
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dead men tell no tales »
Once someone is dead, they can no longer communicate, hence killing someone is the best way to keep him/her quiet.
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dead ringer »
Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.
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dead to rights »
With sufficient evidence to establish responsibility definitively.
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dead wood »
Dead limbs and branches still attached to a living tree.
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deadbeat dad »
A man, especially one who is divorced or estranged from his partner, who fails to provide monetary child support when he is legally required to do so.
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debris field »
Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.
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