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[death on]{adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Very successful in meeting or dealing with. •/Joe is death on fast balls. He usually knocks them out of the park./ 2. Disliking or strongly against; very strict about. •/The new teacher is death on students who come late to class./ •/The twins' grandmother is death on smoking./

[deck] See: HIT THE DECK, ON DECK.

[decked out]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Dressed in fancy clothes; specially decorated for some festive occasion. •/The school band was decked out in bright red uniforms with brass buttons./ •/Main Street was decked with flags for the Fourth of July./

[declare] See: I DECLARE.

[deep] See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, GO OFF THE DEEP END, IN DEEP, KNEE-DEEP.

[deep-six]{v.}, {slang} To throw away; dispose of. •/As the police boat came near, the drug smugglers deep-sixed their cargo./ (An expression originally used by sailors, suggesting throwing something into water six fathoms deep.)

[deep water]{n.} Serious trouble or difficulty. •/When Dad tried to take Mom’s place for a day, he found himself in deep water./

[defense] See: ZONE DEFENSE.

[defiance] See: IN DEFIANCE OF.

[degree] See: TO A DEGREE, TO THE NTH DEGREE.

[deliver the goods]{v. phr.} 1. To carry things and give them to the person who wants them. •/Lee delivered the goods to the right house./ 2. {slang} To succeed in doing well what is expected. •/The new pitcher delivered the goods by striking out 20 men in his first game./ •/This personal computer surely delivers the goods./ Compare: BRING HOME THE BACON.

[delta wave]{n.}, {informal}, {semi-technical} A brain wave 1-3 cycles per second, associated with very deep sleep. •/Good night, honey, I’m off to produce some delta waves./ Compare: CATCH SOME Z’S, HIT THE HAY or HIT THE SACK.

[demand] See: IN DEMAND.

[Dennis the Menace]{n. phr.} After the notorious television character played by a young boy who always creates trouble for the grownups. Any hyperactive little boy who needs calming down. •/"Your son, Joey, is becoming a regular Dennis the Menace," Jane said to Elvira./

[dent] See: MAKE A DENT IN.

[deposit] See: ON DEPOSIT.

[depth] See: BEYOND ONE’S DEPTH.

[desk clerk] See: ROOM CLERK.

[detective] See: HOUSE DETECTIVE.

[devil] See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, FULL OF THE OLD NICK or FULL OF THE DEVIL, GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE, GO TO THE DEVIL, PLAY THE DEVIL WITH, RAISE THE DEVIL, SPEAK OF THE DEVIL AND HE APPEARS.

[devil-may-care]{adj.} Not caring what happens; unworried. •/Johnny has a devil-may-care feeling about his school work./ •/Alfred was a devil-may-care youth but became more serious as he grew older./

[devil-may-care attitude]{n. phr.} An attitude of no concern for financial or other loss. •/"Easy come, easy go," John said in a devil-may-care attitude when he lost all of his money during a poker game./

[devil of it] or [heck of it] {n. phr.} 1. The worst or most unlucky thing about a trouble or accident; the part that is most regrettable. •/Andy lost his notebook, and the devil of it was that the notebook contained all his homework for the coming week./ •/When I had a flat tire, the devil of it was that my spare tire was flat too./ 2. Fun from doing mischief. — Used after "for". •/The boys carried away Miss White’s front gate just for the devil of it./