Idioms:

Do something rash
Meaning: to take drastic action (usually without thinking)
Do the dishes
Meaning: to wash and dry some dishes
Do the honors
Meaning: to perform the duty of a host (when serving a drink etc.)
Do the trick
Meaning: to work well, to achieve a good or desired result
Do time
Meaning: to spend time in prison
Do with
Meaning: to be acquainted or involved or associated with someone or something
Do without
Meaning: to manage without something
Do wonders
Meaning: to produce excellent results
Dog and pony show
Meaning: a display or demonstration used to gain approval for something
Dog days of summer
Meaning: the hottest days of the summer season
Dog-eat-dog
Meaning: to be ready or willing to fight and hurt others to get what you want
Dog in the manger
Meaning: one who prevents others from enjoying what one has no use for oneself (from Aesops Fables)
Doll up
Meaning: to dress in fancy clothes
Dollar for dollar
Meaning: considering the cost
Done for
Meaning: to be ruined or defeated or dying
Done in
Meaning: to be tired, to be exhausted
Done to a T
Meaning: to be cooked just right
Done to a turn
Meaning: to be cooked just right
Done with
Meaning: to be finished using something
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
Meaning: don't rely on it until your sure of it
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Meaning: when someone gives you a gift, don't be ungrateful
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Meaning: do not put all your resources in one possibility
Doomed to failure
Meaning: to be certain to fail
Doozy
Meaning: something outstanding
Double back
Meaning: to turn back from where you are going or where you have been
Double-check
Meaning: to check something again to be sure that it is correct
Double-cross
Meaning: to deceive someone, to promise one thing and then do another
Double-talk
Meaning: talk or words that appear to mean something but do not
Double up
Meaning: to share a room with someone
Down and dirty
Meaning: unfair or nasty or sneaky
Down and out
Meaning: to have no money
Down at the heels
Meaning: to be shabby, to be poorly dressed
Down for the count
Meaning: to be finished for now
Down in the dumps
Meaning: to be unhappy
Down on one's luck
Meaning: to be unlucky, to have no money
Down on
Meaning: to be critical of someone, to be angry at someone
Down one`s alley
Meaning: to be suited to one`s tastes and abilities
Down the drain
Meaning: to be wasted or lost
Down the hatch
Meaning: to swallow a drink or eat something
Down the line
Meaning: straight ahead, in the future
Down the tubes
Meaning: to be ruined or wasted
Down to earth
Meaning: to be sensible and practical
Down to the last detail
Meaning: considering all of the details
Down to the wire
Meaning: to be nearing a deadline, to be running out of time
Down with
Meaning: to be ill, to be sick at home
English Idioms from (Do something - Down with)
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