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• Dollars for doughnuts.
If something is dollars for doughnuts,, it is a sure bet a certainty.
• Don’t stop and kick at every dog that barks at you.
If we stoop to kick at every dog that barks at us we will never arrive at our destination in life,
because we are obsessed with righting insignifigant wrongs that should have no more affect on us
then a dog that barks as we walk by.
• Don’t sweat the small stuff.
This is used to tell people not to worry about trivial or unimportant issues.
• Don’t take any wooden nickels.
This idiom is used to advise people not to be cheated or ripped off.
• Down to the wire.
If something goes down to the wire, like a competition, then it goes to the very last moment before
it is clear who has won.
• Drawing card.
A famous person who attracts people to attend an event is a drawing card.
• Drop a dime.
If you drop adime, you inform the police about someone’s illegal activities.
• Drop in the bucket.
A drop in the bucket is something so small that it won’t make any noticeable difference.
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