مستر رمضان عيسى
24-11-2008, 06:44 PM
Day in the sun (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/day+in+the+sun.html)
If you have your day in the sun, you get attention and are appreciated.
Daylight robbery (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/daylight+robbery.html)
If you are overcharged or underpaid, it is a daylight robbery; open, unfair and hard to prevent. Rip-off has a similar meaning.
Days are numbered (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/days+are+numbered.html)
When someone’s days are numbered, they are expected to die soon.
Dead air (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+air.html)
When there is a period of total silence, there is dead air.
Dead and buried (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+and+buried.html)
If something is dead and buried, it has all long been settled and is not going to be reconsidered.
Dead as a dodo (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+as+a+dodo.html)
If something's dead as a dodo, it is lifeless and dull. The dodo was a bird that lived the island of Mauritius. It couldn't fly and was hunted to extinction.
Dead as a doornail (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+as+a+doornail.html)
This is used to indicate that something is lifeless.
Dead duck (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+duck.html)
If something is a dead duck, it is a failure.
Dead even (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+even.html)
If people competing are dead even, they are at exactly the same stage or moving at exactly the same speed.
Dead from the neck up (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+from+the+neck+up.html)
Someone who's dead from the neck up is very stupid indeed.
Dead heat (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+heat.html)
If a race ends in a dead heat, two or more finish with exactly the same result.
Dead in the water (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+in+the+water.html)
If something is dead in the water, it isn't going anywhere or making any progress.
Dead level best (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+level+best.html)
If you try your dead level best, you try as hard as you possibly could to do something.
Dead man walking (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+man+walking.html)
A dead man walking is someone who is in great trouble and will certainly get punished, lose their job or position, etc, soon.
Dead meat (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+meat.html)
This is used as a way of threatening someone: You'll be dead meat if you don't go along.
If you have your day in the sun, you get attention and are appreciated.
Daylight robbery (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/daylight+robbery.html)
If you are overcharged or underpaid, it is a daylight robbery; open, unfair and hard to prevent. Rip-off has a similar meaning.
Days are numbered (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/days+are+numbered.html)
When someone’s days are numbered, they are expected to die soon.
Dead air (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+air.html)
When there is a period of total silence, there is dead air.
Dead and buried (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+and+buried.html)
If something is dead and buried, it has all long been settled and is not going to be reconsidered.
Dead as a dodo (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+as+a+dodo.html)
If something's dead as a dodo, it is lifeless and dull. The dodo was a bird that lived the island of Mauritius. It couldn't fly and was hunted to extinction.
Dead as a doornail (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+as+a+doornail.html)
This is used to indicate that something is lifeless.
Dead duck (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+duck.html)
If something is a dead duck, it is a failure.
Dead even (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+even.html)
If people competing are dead even, they are at exactly the same stage or moving at exactly the same speed.
Dead from the neck up (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+from+the+neck+up.html)
Someone who's dead from the neck up is very stupid indeed.
Dead heat (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+heat.html)
If a race ends in a dead heat, two or more finish with exactly the same result.
Dead in the water (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+in+the+water.html)
If something is dead in the water, it isn't going anywhere or making any progress.
Dead level best (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+level+best.html)
If you try your dead level best, you try as hard as you possibly could to do something.
Dead man walking (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+man+walking.html)
A dead man walking is someone who is in great trouble and will certainly get punished, lose their job or position, etc, soon.
Dead meat (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/dead+meat.html)
This is used as a way of threatening someone: You'll be dead meat if you don't go along.