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[devil to pay]{n. phr.} Great trouble. — Used after "the". •/There’ll be the devil to pay when the teacher finds out who broke the window./ •/When Jim wrecked his father’s car, there was the devil to pay./

[dewey-eyed] See: MISTY-EYED.

[diamond in the rough]{n. phr.} A very smart person without a formal education who may have untutored manners. •/Jack never went to school but he is extremely talented; he is a veritable diamond in the rough./

[dibs] See: TO HAVE DIBS ON or TO PUT DIBS ON.

[dice] See: NO DEAL or NO DICE.

[Dick] See: TOM, DICK AND HARRY.

[die] See: CROSS ONE’S HEART or CROSS ONE’S HEART AND HOPE TO DIE, DO-OR-DIE, NEVER SAY DIE.

[die away] or [die down] {v.} To come slowly to an end; grow slowly less or weaker. •/The wind died down./ •/The music died away./ •/He waited until the excitement had died down./ •/His mother’s anger died away./

[die in one’s boots] or [die with one’s boots on] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be killed or hanged rather than die in bed. •/The badmen of the Old West usually died in their boots./ •/The robber said he wanted to die with his boots on./

[die is cast]{v. phr.}, {literary} To make an irrevocable decision. (From Julius Caesar’s famous words in Latin, "alea iacta est", when he crossed the river Rubicon, which meant war.) •/Everything was ready for the invasion of Europe, the die had been cast, and there was no turning back now./

[die off]{v.} To die one at a time. •/The flowers are dying off because there has been no rain./

[die on the vine] or [wither on the vine] {v. phr.} To fail or collapse in the planning stages. •/The program for rebuilding the city died on the vine./

[die out]{v.} To die or disappear slowly until all gone. •/This kind of bird is dying out./ •/If you pour salt water on grass, it dies out./ •/The American colonists started colleges so that learning would not die out./

[difference] See: MAKE A DIFFERENCE, SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE.

[different] See: SING A DIFFERENT TUNE or WHISTLE A DIFFERENT TUNE.

[dig down]{v.}, {slang} To spend your own money. •/The school let the club use the bus and driver free for their trip, but they had to dig down to pay for gas and meals./ •/"So you broke Mrs. Brown’s window?" Tom’s father said, "You’ll have to dig down and pay for it,"/

[dig in]{v.}, {informal} 1. To dig ditches for protection against an enemy attack. •/The soldiers dug in and waited for the enemy to come./ 2a. To go seriously to work; work hard. •/John dug in and finished his homework very quickly./ 2b. To begin eating. •/Mother set the food on the table and told the children to dig in./

[dig out]{v.} 1. To find by searching; bring out (something) that was put away. •/Jack dug his sled out of the cellar./ •/The newspaper printed an old story dug out of their records./ Compare: DIG UP. 2. {informal} To escape. — Usually used with "of". Often used in the phrase "dig oneself out of a hole." •/The pitcher dug himself out of a hole by striking the batter out./