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Don’t change horses in midstream

see Change horses in midstream


Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched

see Counting chickens


Don’t cross bridges until you come to them

see Crossing bridges


Don’t cry over spilt milk

see Cry over spilt milk


Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face

see Cut off one’s nose to spite one's face


Don’t die wondering

see Die wondering


Don’t get mad, get even

An American expression often wrongly attributed to J. K. Kennedy (JFK’s father) simply because it appears in Conversations with Kennedy (1975) by Ben...

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Don’t get your knickers in a knot/twist

see Knickers in a knot/twist


Don’t give a hoot/two hoots

American folksy expression that means not to care dates from the late 19th century and is sometimes encountered in the form of not giving two hoots wh...

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Don’t give a rat’s arse/ass

See Not give a rat's arse/ass


Don’t judge a book by its cover

An adage that means one can never rely on appearances alone, which appears to be of American origin from the late 1920s and rapidly gained acceptance...

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Don’t keep a dog and bark yourself

There is no point in employing someone if you end up doing his or her work. The earliest citation for this adage is c. 1583.


Don’t know from a bar of soap

see Know from a bar of soap


Don’t know squat

see Squat


Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

see Gift horse


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