Set 11 | 501 - 550

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Cut to the chase (6)

To start talking about the important aspects of something | Come to the point (मुद्दे पर आना)

Cut to the quick (2)

Hurt intensely (भावनाओं को ठेस पहुँचाना)

Dance attendance on someone

Obey or serve someone attentively and eagerly (किसी का ध्यान से सेवा करना)

Dance to someone’s tune (2)

Do what others want you to do (दूसरों के संकेत पर चलना)

Day and night

Continuously (दिन रात लगातार, बिना रुके)

Dead heat

Close contest that ends in a tie (बराबरी का मुकाबला)

Dead in the water

No chance of succeeding or making any progress (सफल होने का कोई आशा नहीं)

Dead ringer

An exact duplicate (हुबहू दिखने वाला व्यक्ति)

Dead set against

Disapproved (पूरी तरह से विरोध)

Deadlock

A state in which progress is impossible (गतिरोध या असमंजस की स्थिति)

Deep pockets

A lot of money (बहुत सारा पैसा)

Desperate times call for desperate measures

When you are extremely desperate you need to take extremely desperate actions (कठिन समय में सख्त कदम उठाने पड़ते हैं)

Die a dog’s death

A dishonourable or shameful death (अपमानजनक, दयनीय या शर्मनाक तरीके से मरना)

Die hard

Unwilling to change (दृढ़ या न झुकनेवाला)

Died in harness (3)

Died while working | To die while in service (सेवा में रहते हुए मर जाना)

Dig around

Investigating (खोजबीन करना)

Dig up dirt on someone (2)

Discover damaging information about someone (किसी के भेद पता करना)

Do a good turn (4)

To help someone | Render a service (किसी की सहायता करना)

Do a roaring trade

Highly successful (अत्यधिक सफल होना)

Do away with

To abolish (खत्म करना)

Do or die

To make a final effort (करो या मरो)

Dodge a bullet

To narrowly avoid situation (बाल बाल बचना)

Dog eat dog (2)

Ruthlessly competitive (कड़ी प्रतिस्पर्धा)

Dog in a manger (2)

Selfish (स्वार्थी)

Don’t (or never) judge a book by its cover (5)

We should not judge something primarily by its outward appearance (केवल बाहरी दिखावे से पूर्वानुमान नहीं लगाना चाहिए)

Done for (2)

Ruined (तबाह करना)

Donkey’s years (5)

A very long time (बहुत लंबा समय)

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch (2)

Don’t make plans based on events that have not yet happened (सफलता मिलने से पहले जश्न न मानना)

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket (3)

Don’t put all your resources in one place (सब कुछ दाँव पर न लगाना)

Dot one’s i’s and cross one’s t’s (2)

Be detailed and exact | To pay attention to minute details of a task (विस्तृत और सटीक होना)

Down and out

Without money (दीन-हीन व्यक्ति)

Down in the dumps (2)

Sad and depressed (हताश)

Down in the mouth

To be depressed (उदास होना)

Down the drain (2)

Wasted or lost (बर्बाद या खोया हुआ)

Down the tubes

Failing completely (पूरी तरह से असफल होना)

Down to earth (4)

Very realistic and sensible | Practical and direct (आडंबर रहित, सरल और सच्चा)

Draconian law

Extremely severe law (बेहद कठोर कानून)

Drag one’s feet (4)

Be reluctant to act | Do something deliberately at a slow pace (टाल मटोल करना)

Draw a blank (5)

To be unsuccessful | Find no favour (असफल होना)

Draw a line (5)

To fix a limit | Accept something up to a particular point | To stop before a point where something okay gets not okay (सीमा निर्धारित करना)

Draw first blood

Be the first to gain an advantage or score against an opponent (पहले फायदा उठाना)

Dressed to kill

Dressed to attract attention (आकर्षक कपड़े पहनना)

Dressing-down

Give a scolding (डाँटना)

Draw on his fancy (2)

Used his imagination (कल्पना का इस्तेमाल करना)

Drive home (2)

Emphasise | To emphasize an important point (महत्वपूर्ण बिंदु पर जोर देना)

Drive someone up the wall (3)

Make someone very irritated or angry (किसी को बहुत चिढ़ाना, गुस्सा दिलाना)

Drop in

Pay a casual visit (भेंट करना)

Drop names (2)

Name famous people to impress others | Hinting at high connections (प्रसिद्ध लोगों का उल्लेख)

Dropping like flies

Collapsing in large numbers | A large number of people either falling ill or dying (बड़ी संख्या में गिरना या मरना)

Dust and ashes

Something that is very disappointing (अत्यंत निराशाजनक)

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