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dead duckOne who is in serious danger or trouble.Rate it:

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dead endA path or strategy that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.Rate it:

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dead woodDead limbs and branches still attached to a living tree.Rate it:

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deadbeat dadA 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.Rate it:

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death spiralA manoeuvre in which a male skater spins in place while holding one hand of his female skating partner as she circles around him with one skate on the ice and one leg extended outward parallel to the ice surface, all the while slowly lowering herself until her back almost touches the ice surface.Rate it:

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death spiralThe situation or course of action of one who is on a path toward some sort of inevitable catastrophic failure.Rate it:

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deathbed conversionAcceptance of religious belief immediately before one dies, typically in a state of anxiety or fear of the insecurity of what will happen to one in and after death.Rate it:

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deathbed conversionAn abrupt, last-minute change in one's professed beliefs, principles, or point of view in order to escape a serious threat or to increase one's chances of success.Rate it:

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débander l'arc ne guérit pas la plaieTo cease doing mischief does not undo the harm one has done.Rate it:

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debris fieldAny 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.Rate it:

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déchirer quelqu'un à belles dentsTo criticise some one mercilessly; To tear a person’s reputation to shreds.Rate it:

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decimum aetatis annum ingredito be entering on one's tenth year.Rate it:

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decimum annum excessisse, egressum esseto be more than ten years old, to have entered on one's eleventh year.Rate it:

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deep pocketsAn ample supply of money, especially money which one is willing to spend; the possessor of such money.Rate it:

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deer in the headlightsA mental state of high arousal caused by anxiety fear, panic, surpriseand/or confusion, or substance abuse. The behavioral signs are like a deer subjected to a car's headlights, such as widely opened eyes and a lack of motor reactions.Rate it:

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deest mihi argumentum ad scribendum (Att. 9. 7. 7)I have nothing to write about.Rate it:

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deferri, deici aliquoto be driven out of one's course; to drift.Rate it:

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défiler (or, dire) son chapeletTo say all one has to say.Rate it:

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deicere aliquem de saxo Tarpeioto throw some one down the Tarpeian rock.Rate it:

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delicate ac molliter vivereto live a luxurious and effeminate life.Rate it:

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deliver the goodsTo keep one's promises.Rate it:

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deliver the message to garciaWhat we need is people who get the job done, no matter how. We don't want pickers who'll only learn if we use their preferred learning method. Have you read "A Message to Garcia" ? That's what we need today - young people who can deliver the message to Garcia.Rate it:

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deliver the message to garcia...grasp the demands and exactions of business life. He learns that the main thing to do is to "deliver the message to Garcia"....Rate it:

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Delivered Ex ShipThe seller pays for all transportation and insurance until the transporting ship has arrived at the port of destination.Rate it:

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déménager à la cloche de bois (fam.)To shoot the moon; To leave a house without paying one’s rent or one’s creditors.Rate it:

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den grünen Daumen habento have a green thumbRate it:

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deponere magistratumto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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der Reihe nachone by one, in turnRate it:

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Derangement SyndromeThe acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal and balanced people triggered by the mention of a specific topic.Rate it:

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des coq-à-l'âneCock and bull stories; Disconnected rigmaroles.Rate it:

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descendere ad extrema consilia (Fam. 10. 33. 4)to have recourse to extreme measures.Rate it:

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desidiae et languori se dedereto abandon oneself to inactivity and apathy.Rate it:

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desk jockeyOne who spends his or her time seated at a desk; especially one who is more concerned with procedure, paperwork, or administration than with its ultimate goal or practical consequence.Rate it:

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desperare suis rebusto despair of one's position.Rate it:

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desperate times call for desperate measuresIn adverse circumstances actions that might have been rejected under other circumstances may become the best choice.Rate it:

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detto, fattosaid and doneRate it:

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deux avis valent mieux qu'untwo heads are better than oneRate it:

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deux avis valent mieux qu'unTwo heads are better than one.Rate it:

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devil's advocateOne who debates from a view which they may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity, or simply for the sake of argument.Rate it:

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dexterousSkilful and competent with the handsRate it:

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dextram alicui porrigere, dareto give one's right hand to some one.Rate it:

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Diamond in the RoughSomeone or something that has lost charm now, but has immense value and the prospective to be stunningRate it:

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dicendo augere, amplificare aliquid (opp. dicendo extenuare aliquid)to lend lustre to a subject by one's description.Rate it:

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dicere contra aliquem or aliquid (not contradicere alicui)to contradict some one.Rate it:

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dicho y hechosaid and done; no sooner said than doneRate it:

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dickyA hat, especially a stiff hat or derby, and a straw hat.Rate it:

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did i stutter?Something said to a person who asks again and again, “what did you say?” Or someone who won’t hear you when you said “no” or “leave me alone” the first time and keeps annoyingly asking for your input.Rate it:

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die in harnessTo continue to work until the day of one's death.Rate it:

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die the way one livedTo die because of or after doing something characteristic of the interlocutor.Rate it:

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diem dicere alicuito summon some one to appear on a given day; to accuse a person.Rate it:

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