do porridge
to serve a prison sentence
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do right by
Treat someone fairly and kindly
do somebody wrong
treat someone unfairly or unjustly
do someone like that
treat someone with similar poor behavior
do someone one better
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
do someone proud
Make someone feel proud or honored
do someone's head in
to annoy or frustrate someone extremely
do the dash
to hurry or rush to do something
do the decent thing
Act with integrity and morality, especially in a difficult situation.
do the dirty on
to betray or deceive someone
do the high
To walk up and down High Street on Sunday evenings, especially just after Church.—Oxford University.
do the honors
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
do the mahi
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
do the math
To calculate or consider the facts and numbers in a situation
do the most
to achieve the greatest amount possible
do the needful
To take necessary actions or do what is required
do the right thing
Act with integrity and morality, even if difficult
do the talking
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
do the trick
Solves a problem or achieves the desired effect
do the work
to perform a task or job
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you ( the Golden Rule)
Treat others with kindness and respect as you want them to treat you
do up
to decorate or renovate something
do well
succeed or achieve something
do well by doing good
Succeed financially by doing beneficial or charitable work
do well for oneself
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
do what
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
do with mirrors
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
do-re-mi
Money.
dobie
An Indian washerman; and though women wash clothes in this country, Anglo-Indians speak of a washerwoman as a DOBIE.
dobin rig
Stealing ribbands from haberdashers early in the morning or late at night; generally practised by women in the disguise of maid servants.
Dock Brief
In English law anyone accused of an offence and brought to trial is entitled to defend himself or be defended by counsel. When a prisoner m the dock pleads inability to employ counsel, the presiding judge can instruct a barrister present in court to under- take the defence, a small fee for this being paid by the court.
docky
Lunch.
doctor
Milk and water, with a little rum, and some nutmeg; also the name of a composition used by distillers, to make spirits appear stronger than they really are, or, in their phrase, better proof.
doctor
To adulterate or drug liquor; to poison, to hocus; also to falsify accounts. A publican who sells bad liquors is said to keep the DOCTOR in his cellars. On board ship the cook is always termed "the DOCTOR."—See COOK.
Doctor Feelgood
Heroin.
doctored dice
Loaded dice; dice which are so "doctored" as to make them turn up winning numbers; also called simply doctors.
doctors
Loaded dice, that will run but two or three chances. They put the doctors upon him; they cheated him with loaded dice.
doctors make the worst patients
People in a profession often make poor recipients of its services
Doctors of the Church
Certain early Christian Fathers, especially four in the Greek (or Eastern) Church and four in the Latin (or Western) Church.
Doctors' Commons
A locality near St. Paul's, where the ecclesiastical courts were formerly held, wills preserved, and marriage licences granted, and where was held the com- mon table of the Association of Doctors of Civil Law in London (dissolved 1858). To "common" (<?.v.) means to dine together; and the doctors had to dine there four days in each term. The actual building was demolished m 1867.
doddy
A term applied in Norfolk to any person of low stature. Sometimes HODMANDOD and "HODDY-DODDY, all head and no body." DODMAN in the same dialect denotes a garden snail.
dodge
A cunning trick. "DODGE, that homely but expressive phrase."—Sir Hugh Cairns on the Reform Bill, 2nd March, 1859. Anglo-Saxon, DEOGIAN, to colour, to conceal. The TIDY DODGE, as it is called by street-folk, consists in dressing up a family clean and tidy, and parading in the streets to excite compassion and obtain alms.
dodger
A dram. In Kent, a DODGER signifies a nightcap; which name is often given to the last dram at night.
dodsey
A woman: perhaps a corruption of Doxey. CANT.
Dodson and Fogg
The lawyers, employed by the plaintiff in the famous case of "Bardell v. Pickwick" (Pickwick Papers), typical of the unscrupulous solicitors who battened on the public before the law reforms of the mid- 19th century.
does the Pope shit in the woods
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
does the Pope wear a funny hat
a humorous way to ask if something is obvious
dog
An old dog at it; expert or accustomed to any thing. Dog in a manger; one who would prevent another from enjoying what he himself does not want: an allusion to the well-known fable. The dogs have not dined; a common saying to any one whose shirt hangs out behind. To dog, or dodge; to follow at a distance. To blush like a blue dog, i.e. not at all.
dog and bone
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
dog and cat
people who do not get along
dog and pony show
An elaborate presentation or display that is overly showy or insincere
dog around
to waste time or be lazy
dog bone
a bone that is given to a dog to chew on and play with, similar to a dog biscuit. They can be real bones, or they can be made of other materials like plastic or leather
dog buffers
Dog stealers, who kill those dogs not advertised for, sell their skins, and feed the remaining dogs with their flesh.
dog cheap
Or DOG-FOOLISH, very or singularly cheap, or foolish. Latham, in his English Language, says:—"This has nothing to do with dogs. The first syllable is god = good, transposed, and the second, the ch‑‑p, is chapman, merchant: compare EASTCHEAP."—Old term.
dog don't eat dog
A similar phrase to "There's honour among thieves.
dog gone
A form of mild swearing used by boys.
dog house
In the dog house. In disgrace, as a dog confined to his kennel. Usually applied to a husband who has been misbehaving and whose wife treats him with disdain.
dog in a doublet
A daring, resolute fellow. In Germany and Flanders the boldest dogs used to hunt the boar, having a kind of buff doublet buttoned on their bodies, Rubens has represented several so equipped, so has Sneyders.
dog in the hunt
Having a personal stake or interest in a situation