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.a display, demonstration, or exhibitionof something such as something one is selling.(As in a circusact where trained dogs leap onto and off of trained ponies.)Gary went into his standard dog and pony show, trying to sell uson an upgrade to our software.dog in the manger Fig.one who unreasonably prevents other peo-ple from doing or having what one does not wish them to do orhave.(From one of Aesop s fables in which a dog which can-not eat hay lay in the hayrack [manger] and prevented the otheranimals from eating the hay.) If Martin were not such a dog inthe manger, he would let his brother have that dinner jacket henever wears.a doggy bag Fig.a bag or other container used to carry uneatenfood home from a restaurant.(As if it is for the dog.) I can teat all of this.Can I have a doggy bag, please?dollar for dollar Fig.considering the amount of money involved;considering the cost or value.(Often seen in advertising.) Dol-lar for dollar, this laundry detergent washes cleaner and brighterthan any other product on the market.done by mirrors and done with mirrors Fig.illusory; purpose-fully deceptive.The company s self-review was done by mirrorsand didn t come off too bad, despite our falling stock price.Don t bet on it! Fig.Do not be at all sure! So, you think I willbe at your house at 5:00 a.m.? Don t bet on it!Don t call us, we ll call you.Cliché a formulaic expression saidto applicants who have just interviewed or auditioned for a job52 drag one s feet (on or over something)or part.Stupendous, Gloria, just stupendous.What glamour andradiance! Don t call us, we ll call you.Don t give up the ship! Fig.Do not give up yet!; Do not yield theentire enterprise! (Fixed order.Based on the words on a flag madeby Captain Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie duringthe War of 1812.) Bill: I m having a devil of a time with calcu-lus.I think I want to drop the course.Sally: Keep trying.Don t giveup the ship!don t know beans (about sth) Fig.does not know anything aboutsomething.Bill doesn t know beans about car engines.Don t speak too soon.I think you may be wrong.Don t speakbefore you know the facts.Bill: It looks like it ll be a nice day.Mary: Don t speak too soon.I just felt a raindrop.Don t stand on ceremony.Fig.Do not wait for a formal invita-tion.; Please be at ease and make yourself at home.(Some peo-ple read this as Don t remain standing because of ceremony, andothers read it Don t be totally obedient to the requirements ofceremony. ) Come in, Tom.Don t stand on ceremony.Get your-self a drink and something to eat and introduce yourself to every-one. Don t waste your breath.Inf.You will not get a positive responseto what you have to say, so don t even say it.; Talking will get younowhere.Alice: I ll go in there and try to convince her otherwise.Fred: Don t waste your breath.I already tried it.down in the mouth Fig.sad-faced; depressed and unsmiling.Since her dog died, Barbara has been down in the mouth.downhill all the way Fig.easy the entire way.Don t worry aboutyour algebra course.It s downhill all the way after this chapter.drag one s feet (on or over sth) and drag one s heels (on or oversth) Fig.to progress slowly or stall in the doing of something.Why is she taking so long? I think she is just dragging her feet on53 drag one s heels (on or over something)this matter.If the planning department had not dragged theirheels, the building would have been built by now.drag one s heels (on or over sth) Go to previous.drag so through the mud Fig.to insult, defame, and debase some-one.The newspapers dragged the actress through the mud weekafter week.draw blood 1.to remove blood from a person using a hypoder-mic needle as for a medical laboratory test.A nice lady cameinto my hospital room at dawn to draw blood for some tests.2.toinjure someone severely enough to cause bleeding.It was anasty bite and it drew blood, but not a lot.3.Fig.to anger or insulta person.Sally screamed out a terrible insult at Tom.Judging bythe look on his face, she really drew blood.draw straws for sth Fig.to decide who gets something or must dosomething by choosing straws from an unseen set of straws ofdifferent lengths.(The person who gets the shortest straw is cho-sen.) We drew straws for the privilege of going first.*drawn and quartered Fig.to be dealt with very severely.(Nowfig
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