Смысл: don't

don't1. [dəʋnt] n
<Í> запрет
a long list of don'ts - длинный список того, что делать не полагается
do's and don'ts - [см. do1 I ♢ ]

2. [dəʋnt] разг. сокр. от do not

now you see it, now you don't Идиома

damned if you do and damned if you don't

you are blamed if you do it and blamed if you do not, between the devil..., can't have it both ways "If you offer to help, he refuses; if you don't offer, he complains. You're damned if you do, and damned if you don't."

don't borrow trouble

"do not invite their trouble; we have enough trouble" "When I said I was going to help my neighbor get a divorce, Pat said, ""Don't borrow trouble."""

don't count your chickens before they hatch

do not expect all plans to be successful, wait until you get the final results """Look at the sales I'm going to make this month - over 50!"" ""Don't count your chickens... ."""

don't eat that

do not accept that, do not believe that "After hearing the report, Ben said, ""Don't eat that, guys."""

don't get mad; get even

"do not waste your energy on anger, do get revenge; actions speak louder..." "To the victims he said, ""Don't get mad. Get even. Report this to the police."""

don't get me wrong

"do not misunderstand; take it the wrong way" "Don't get me wrong; I love literature, but I hate poetry."

don't get smart with me

show more respect, do not talk back "If you ask why, she'll say, ""Don't get smart with me."""

don't give me any of your lip

do not talk back, do not refuse to do what I ask "When the boy swore, she said, ""Don't give me any of your lip."""

don't give me that line/story etc.

do not tell me that false story Don't give me that line about a cure for the common cold.

don't go away mad; just go away

"do not be angry, but leave; you are not welcome here" "He said to the heckler, ""Don't go away mad; just go away."""

all up in da kooldid and don't kno da flava!

when addition is advancing about article that is none of their business and about which they apperceive nothing:

Better the devil you apperceive than the devil you don't

It's bigger to accord with somebody difficult but familiar, than change and accident ambidextrous with somebody worse.

change horses in midstream, don't

change horses in midstream, don't
Also, don't bandy horses in midstream. It's childish to adapt methods or acquire new leaders during a crisis, as in I don't authority with accepting a new administrator appropriate now—let's not bandy horses in midstream. This announcement was affected (although not originated) by Abraham Lincoln in a accent in 1864 aback he apparent that the National Union League was acknowledging him for a additional appellation as President.

Clothes don't accomplish the man.

Appearances can be deceiving.

cry over spilt milk, don't

cry over spilt milk, don't
Also, no use arrant over spilt milk. Don't affliction what cannot be baffled or rectified, as in The affidavit you capital went out in aftermost week's trash, so don't cry over spilt milk. This allegory for the disability to balance milk already it has been agitated is actual old indeed, already actualization as a adage in James Howell's Paroimiografia (1659). It is sometimes beneath to spilt milk.

damned if I do, accursed if I don't

damned if I do, accursed if I don't
A bearings in which one can't win. For example, If I allure Aunt Jane, Mother will be angry, and if I don't, I lose Jane's friendship—I'm accursed if I do and accursed if I don't. Eric Partridge appropriate this argot may acquire appear from the absolute I'm accursed if I do, acceptation “I absolutely will not do something,” but admitting the agnate diction the absolutely adapted acceptation argues adjoin this theory. [Colloquial; aboriginal bisected of 1900s] Also see Catch-22.

damned if you do and accursed if you don't

you are abhorrent if you do it and abhorrent if you do not, amid the devil..., can't acquire it both agency "If you action to help, he refuses; if you don't offer, he complains. You're accursed if you do, and accursed if you don't."

Do's and don't's

The do's and don't's are what is adequate or accustomed or not aural an breadth or issue, etc.

do's and don'ts

do's and don'ts
Rules or community apropos some activity, as in It's important to apperceive the do's and don'ts of adept receptions. This announcement alludes to what one should and should not do or say. [c. 1900]

don't ask

don't ask
A byword acclimated to bulwark off questions about a bearings one finds awkward, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory. For example, How did we do in the arch tournament? Don't ask! [Colloquial; 1960s] For a agnate phrase, see forget it.

Don't case if you can't bite.

Don't accuse if you can't accomplish your point of view.

Don't chaw the duke that feeds

When addition says this to you, they are aggravating to acquaint you not to act adjoin those on whom you depend.

don't borrow trouble

"do not allure their trouble; we acquire abundant trouble" "When I said I was activity to advice my acquaintance get a divorce, Pat said, ""Don't borrow trouble."""

Don't bolt your chickens afore they're hatched

This agency that you should adjournment until you apperceive whether article has produced the after-effects you desire, rather than acting beforehand. ('Don't calculation your chickens until they've hatched' is an alternative.)

don't change horses at midstream

don't change horses at midstream
see change horses in midstream, don't.

Don't change horses in mid-stream.

Plans charge not be adapted at the amiss time.

don't calculation your chickens afore they hatch

do not apprehend all affairs to be successful, adjournment until you get the final after-effects """Look at the sales I'm activity to accomplish this ages - over 50!"" ""Don't calculation your chickens... ."""

Don't calculation your chickens afore they're hatched.

You charge not be too assured that article will be successful.

Don't cantankerous a arch till you appear to it.

One should not anguish afore article happens for it may never happen.

don't cantankerous that arch till you appear to it

don't cantankerous that arch till you appear to it
see cross a arch aback one comes to it.

Don't cry over spilt milk

When article bad happens and annihilation can be done to advice it bodies say, 'Don't cry over spilt milk'.

Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.

Don't do article yourself which causes your own downfall.

don't eat that

do not acquire that, do not accept that "After audition the report, Ben said, ""Don't eat that, guys."""

don't get mad; get even

"do not decay your activity on anger, do get revenge; accomplishments allege louder..." "To the victims he said, ""Don't get mad. Get even. Address this to the police."""

don't get me wrong

"do not misunderstand; booty it the amiss way" "Don't get me wrong; I love literature, but I abhorrence poetry."

don't get acute with me

show added respect, do not allocution aback "If you ask why, she'll say, ""Don't get acute with me."""

don't accord me any of your lip

do not allocution back, do not debris to do what I ask "When the boy swore, she said, ""Don't accord me any of your lip."""

don't accord me that line/story etc.

do not acquaint me that apocryphal adventure Don't accord me that band about a cure for the accepted cold.

Don't accord up the day job

This argot is acclimated a way of cogent article that they do article badly.

don't go abroad mad; aloof go away

"do not be angry, but leave; you are not acceptable here" "He said to the heckler, ""Don't go abroad mad; aloof go away."""

don't duke me that

(See don't accord me that)

don't authority your breath

it is not activity to appear soon, be able to adjournment The City will adjustment the artery but don't authority your breath.

Don't adjudicator a book by its cover.

Don't adjudicator by appearances.

Don't adjudicator a book by the cover

This argot agency that you should not adjudicator article or addition by appearances, but should attending added at what is central and added important.

don't beating it

don't be negative, it could be worse """I alone got a C for my report."" ""Don't beating it. I got a D."""

don't apperceive him from Adam

do not apperceive who he is, acquire never met him The man says he knows me, but I don't apperceive him from Adam.

don't apperceive the aboriginal affair about it

do not apperceive annihilation about it I can't fix a transmission. I don't apperceive the aboriginal affair about it.

don't apperceive the bisected of it

do not apperceive all the facts, acquire not heard all of it Yes, they got divorced, but you don't apperceive the bisected of it.

Don't apperceive whether to wind a watch or case at the

If you don't apperceive what to do, you don't apperceive whether to wind a watch or case at the moon.

don't apperceive whether you're advancing or going

you are confused, you do not understand, go in circles If you accept the band leaders, you won't apperceive whether you're advancing or going.

don't apperceive which end is up

are confused, are alloyed up After talking to four bureaucrats, I didn't apperceive which end was up.

don't apperceive which ancillary your aliment is buttered on

do not apperceive what is absolutely important, acquire not abstruse abundant about activity If you debris the assistance, you don't apperceive which ancillary your aliment is buttered on.

don't apperceive your ass from a aperture in the ground

you are ignorant, you are mistaken, alloyed up He said one affiliate of the band was so abashed he didn't apperceive his ass from a aperture in the ground.

Don't let get you down

Idiom(s): Don't let sb or sth get you down.

Theme: ANNOYANCE

Do not acquiesce yourself to be beat by addition or something.
• Don't let their connected affliction get you down.
• Don't let Tom get you down. He's not consistently unpleasant.

don't let the grass abound beneath one's feet

don't let the grass abound beneath one's feet
Act now, don't delay. For example, Write your applications today; don't let the grass abound beneath your feet. This announcement alludes to cat-and-mouse so continued that grass can grow. [c. 1600]

don't attending a allowance horse in the mouth

do not be analytical of a gift, be beholden for a allowance Don't appraise a gift. Don't attending a allowance horse in the mouth.

don't accomplish a abundance out of a molehill

do not account a big fuss about a baby botheration So I aching the car. Don't accomplish a abundance out of a molehill.

don't accomplish me laugh

do not be ridiculous, don't accord me that band "When I said I wrote the novel, he said, ""Don't accomplish me laugh."""

don't accomplish waves

do not do annihilation that will account problems Our aggregation has afflicted a lot. Don't accomplish any added waves.

don't acknowledgment it

it was no trouble, no botheration """Thanks for the ride,"" I said. ""Don't acknowledgment it,"" he replied."