| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| drum up |
create interest in, recruit, find some customers
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We have a million widgets to sell. Let's drum up some customers.
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| dry out |
stop using alcohol, on the wagon
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She's drying out at a treatment centre. It's a four-week program.
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| dry run |
complete rehearsal, walk through
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Let's do a dry run of our play so I can add the background music.
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| dry up |
stop talking, be quiet
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I wish he'd dry up. He talks too much.
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| dubs |
everyone pays for his own food; Dutch treat
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If we go to the cafe, it's dubs. We each pay for our own treat.
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| duck out |
leave, run away, desert, skip out, jam
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"Where did you go?" "I ducked out when the gang walked in."
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| duck soup |
easy, quick, a piece of cake
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If you know how to move the decimal point, calculating a percentage
is easy - it's duck soup!
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| duck's guts |
(See it's the duck's guts)
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| ducks in a row (ducks in order) |
organized, planned; each person knows his job
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I have to get my ducks in a row before the sale on Tuesday.
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| ducky |
great, fine, lovely
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"Somebody left the gate open and the horses are gone!"
"That's ducky, just ducky!"
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