developments »
A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing.
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different as chalk and cheese »
Two things which are superficially alike but very different in substance.
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dig up »
To discover something by digging; to unearth.
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dig up »
To excavate something.
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dig up dirt »
To examine in order to find negative information for public opinion, usually with the purpose of embarrassing or discrediting a person.
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dimber damber upright man »
The chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies.
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dish up »
To serve cooked food.
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divide and conquer »
A combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.(computing) Applied to various algorithms, such as quicksort, that solve a problem by splitting it recursively into smaller problems until all of the remaining problems are trivial.(as imperative, proverb) In order to rule securely, don't allow alliances of your enemies.
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divvy up »
To divide or parcel out.
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do up »
To fasten a piece of clothing.
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do up »
To redecorate a room etc.
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don't give up your day job »
Implying that they could not earn a living from it without other regular employment.
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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 take any wooden nickels »
Do not permit yourself be cheated or duped; do not be naive.
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double up »
To double the quantity, amount or duration of something.
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