D Word Idioms
1. Down in the mouth
a) Very weak b) unable to speak
b) do not wish for something that has not
yet happened
c) do not count on a good timing that has
not yet happened
c) very depressed d) very confused
d) do not expect something good to
2. Devil’s advocate
a) An accomplice in crime
b) Someone who presents a counter-
happen
6. Dark horse
a) someone who is fond of horse racing
argument
b) some who has a wheatish complexion
c) Someone who supports a criminal
c) someone who breeds race horses
d) A cruel person
d) someone who unexpectedly succeeds
3. Die in harness.
7. Draw a blank
a) die with honour
a) be unsuccessful
b) die on a horse back
b) be happy about something
c) die while still working
c) be unable to sketch
d) die in the battle field
d) be luck in a game
4. Donkey’s years
8. Dead heat
a) having long ears
a) Close contest that ends in a tie
b) a very long time
b) A strong heat wave
c) instantly d) once in a while
c) A deadly blast of hot air
5. Don't count your chickens before they
hatch’’.
a) do not count on something that is not
going to happen
d) Strong opposition to one's ideas
9. Damp squib
13. Dress down
a) Complete failure
a) To neglect b) Put in better condition
b) Complete knowledge
c) To scold d) To worry excessively
c) To motivate d) To squander money
14. Don't know the first thing about it
10. Dime a dozen
a) To have no knowledge about
a) something precious
b) something valuable
something.
b) The time that you can no longer
change your mind, or when you have to
c) something not available
d) something common
11. Doubting Thomas
a) A sadist
b) A Sceptic
do what you are doing now.
c) To use all your strength and ability to
achieve something, or to be in very
vicious combat.
d) To say you will deal with a problem
when you need to and not before.
c) An expert
15. Drew on his fancy
d) A miser
a) Used his understanding
12. Down to the wire
b) Used his imagination
a) Removing the bondage that is keeping
on down
b) The last second before the bomb
c) Used his aptitude d) Used his skill
16. Draw the line
explodes
a) Put the screw on b) Fix a limit
c) To denote a situation whose outcome
c) Aim at the sky d) Turn the tables
is not decided until the very last minute
d) Finishing all of one’s resources to the
last penny
17. Dog in the manger :
d) Hostile and unhelpful
a) An undersized bull almost the shape of
22. Draw the line at something
a dog
b) A dog that has no kennel of its own
c) A person who puts himself in
difficulties on account of other people
d) A person who prevents others from
a) Agreeing to an idea
b) Accept something up to a particular
point
c) Coming to a conclusion
d) Making pencil sketches
enjoying something useless to himself
23. Dead letter.
18. Drive home
a) Not well thought out
a) Find one’s roots b) Emphasise
b) No longer effective
c) Refer d) Draw
c) No longer available
19. Do a roaring trade
d) Not in keeping with the changing times
a) In the animal business
24. Deaf ear
b) Highly successful
a) Paid no heed
c) In the habit of shouting at others
b) Listened carefully
d) Extremely reluctant
c) Turned his ear away d) Inaudible
20. Daft as a brush
25. Die-hard
a) silly or somewhat foolish
a) Very weak b) About to die
b) full of energy
c) Living life d) Persistent/ determined
c) Give a scolding d) Pretend
26. Duck to water.
21. Dog eat dog
a) like taking the duck to water
a) Very vigilant b) Steady manager
b) like bursting out suddenly
c) Ruthlessly competitive
c) like dropping the duck in the water
a) To look shabby b) To look suitable
d) like easily and naturally speaking
c) To do a sin d) To suffer from illness
27. Deadwood
32. Down the road
a) Insensitive b) Dead
a) In future b) In the past
c) Emotionless
c) At present d) No particular time
d) People or things who are no longer
33. Dog’s chance
useful
28. Die is cast
a) project is over b) decision is made
c) death is inevitable
d) cloth has been dyed
29. Did good turn
a) returned my kindness
a) A required opportunity
b) Miserable life
c) To look shabby d) No hope at all
34. Damp squib
a) Complete failure
b) Complete knowledge
c) To motivate d) To squander money
b) did an act of kindness
35. Don’t put all your eggs in the same
c) improved my prospect
basket
d) became suddenly good
a) Don’t share your wealth with others
30. Draw a blank
b) Don’t buy too many things at one time
a) be unsuccessful
c) Don’t invest in loss making
b) be happy about something
c) be unable to sketch
propositions
d) Don’t concentrate all your resources in
one place
d) be lucky in a game
31. Dress the part
36. Double-talk
b) A state in which progress is impossible
a) Interfering while someone is talking
c) To lose an important asset
b) Conversation between two people
d) To attract
c) Speaking to confuse people and avoid
41. Dead men’s shoes
truth
d) Talking repeatedly and annoying
people
a) Making oneself available for all the
tasks being assigned
b) A career where a lot of cheques are
37. Dead ringer
signed
a) An exact duplicate
c) Job that one takes over from
b) A false warning
somebody who has left unexpectedly or
died
c) In writing d) Inactive
d) Acquiring the wealth of a dead man
38. Devil is beating his wife
a) One who presents a counter argument
b) If you have nothing to do, you are
likely to do some mischief
c) The sun is shining while it rains
d) When someone comes in
through malpractices
42. Drastic times call for drastic
measures
a) When you are extremely desperate
you need to take extremely desperate
actions
unexpectedly while being talked about
b) Don't rely on it until you sure of it
39. Down the tubes
c) Something that ends at the last minute
a) Minting money b) Failing completely
c) Being informal d) Going to swim
or last few seconds
d) Do not pull all your resources in one
possibility
40. Deadlock
a) To be anxious
1. c
23. b
2. b
24. a
3. c
25. d
4. b
26. d
5. c
27. d
6. d
28. b
7. a
29. b
8. a
30. a
9. a
31. b
10. d
32. a
11. b
33. d
12. c
34. a
13. c
35. d
14. a
36. c
15. b
37. a
16. b
38. c
17. d
39. b
18. b
40. b
19. b
41. c
20. a
42. a
21. c
22. b