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Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - "D" Idioms

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Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - "D" Idioms. What is the meaning of idioms? Words that come together and change the whole meaning of the statement like "it rains cats and dogs", did you ever seen cats and dogs falling off from the sky?! Of course not, but it simply mean "it is raining too hard". | D daily grind - the everyday work routine My father is tired of the daily grind of working and will retire soon. dance to a different tune - to change one s behavior or attitude Our boss began dancing to a different tune when his head salesman decided to quit. dance with death - to do something that is very risky The teenagers were dancing with death when they began to race their cars. dare someone to do something - to challenge someone to do something The little boy dared his friend to throw a rock at the window. dark horse - a political candidate who is little known to the general public The woman candidate was a dark horse but she won the election easily. darken someone s door - to visit someone or somewhere The man has never darkened the door of the library in his town. 127 Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com dash off - to leave quickly We dashed off as soon as the concert ended. dash something off - to write or finish something quickly I plan to dash off a letter before I go to work. date back to a previous time - to go back to a previous time The old building dates back to 1850. Davy Jone s locker - the bottom of the sea as a grave When the boat sank all of the crew members went to Davy Jone s locker. dawn on someone - to become clear or occur to someone It finally dawned on me why my friend was angry. day after day - everyday Day after day the woman goes to the school to meet her child. day and night - all of the time We worked day and night to finish the project before the end of the month. 128 Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com day in and day out - regularly all of the time My father goes to that restaurant for lunch day in and day out and he never gets tired of it. day-to-day - daily everyday The president was not involved in the day-to-day running of the university. daylight robbery - the extreme overcharging of money for something The amount of money which they charged for the gasoline was daylight robbery. days running - several days in a row There were concerts at the .