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• (someone) (just) doesn't know when to quit
• (the good) Lord willing and the creek don't rise
• a Don Juan
• be damned if do and damned if don't
• better the devil you know than the devil you don't
• Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
• better the devil you know than the one you don't know
• change horses in midstream, don't
• clothes don't make the man
• count one's chickens before they hatch
• cross a bridge when one comes to it
• cry over spilt milk, don't
• damned if (one) does and damned if (one) doesn't
• damned if do and damned if don't
• damned if I do, damned if I don't
• Damned if you do, damned if you don't
• didn't care a whit
• do’s and don’ts
• Don Juan
• Don’t ask
• Don’t call us, we’ll call you
• Don’t get your bowels in an uproar!
• don’t give a hoot
• don’t give a rip
• Don’t have a cow!
• Don’t I know it!
• Don’t make a federal case out of it!
• Don’t make me laugh!
• Don’t sweat it!
• Don’t you wish!
• don't amount to a bucket of spit
• don't ask
• don't ask me
• don't believe I've had the pleasure
• don't bet on it
• don't bite the hand that feeds (you)
• don't bother me none
• Don't bother me!
• don't call us, we'll call you
• Don't call us, we'll call you.
• don't care if I do
• Don't change horses at midstream.
• Don't change horses in the middle of the river.
• Don't change horses in the middle of the stream.
• Don't count chickens
• don't count your chickens before they're hatched
• don't crap where you eat
• Don't cross that bridge till you come to it.
• Don't cry before you are hurt
• don't cry over spilled milk
• don't cut no ice
• don't cut off your nose to spite your face
• don't drop the soap!
• Don't even go there
• Don't even look like
• Don't even think about it
• Don't get mad, get even
• don't get me started
• don't get me wrong
• don't get up
• Don't get your bowels in an uproar!
• Don't give me any of your lip!
• don't give me that line
• don't give me that story
• Don't give me that!
• Don't give up the day job!
• don't give up the ship
• don't give up your day job
• don't go there
• don't hand me that line
• don't hand me that story
• Don't have a cow!
• don't have a pot to piss in
• Don't hold your breath
• don't judge a book by its cover
• don't kill the messenger
• Don't knock it
• don't knock yourself out
• don't know whether to eat it or rub it on
• don't let get you down
• Don't let it go any further
• don't let the bedbugs bite
• don't let the door hit you on the way out
• don't let the door hit your ass on the way out
• Don't let the fox guard the henhouse.
• don't let the grass grow under one's feet
• don't look a gift horse in the mouth
• don't look at me
• Don't make me laugh
• Don't make me laugh!
• Don't make me say it again!
• Don't mention it
• don't mind (someone)
• don't mind if I do
• don't monkey around with me
• don't need this
• don't patronize me
• don't play (around) with me
• Don't push!
• don't put all your eggs in one basket
• Don't put the cart before the horse
• don't rock the boat
• Don't say it!
• don't see you much around here anymore
• don't shit where you eat
• don't shoot the messenger
• Don't spare the horses
• Don't spend it all in one place
• Don't swap horses at midstream.
• Don't swap horses in the middle of the river.
• Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream.
• Don't sweat it!
• Don't sweat the small stuff
• Don't take any wooden nickels
• don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs
• Don't tell a soul
• don't that beat all!
• Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
• Don't waste your time
• Don't worry
• Don't worry your head about it
• don't you dare
• Don't you wish!
• do's and don'ts
• dos and don'ts
• get it
• get someone wrong
• God willing and the creek don’t rise
• God willing and the creek don't rise
• hold one's breath
• home, James (, and don't spare the horses)
• How should I know?
• I don’t believe this!
• I don’t mean maybe!
• I don't believe it!
• I don't believe this!
• I don't care
• I don't fancy yours (much)
• I don't have time to catch my breath
• I don't know
• I don't mean maybe!
• I don't mind telling you
• I don't need this!
• I don't rightly know
• I don't understand
• I don't want to alarm you, but
• I don't want to sound like a busybody, but
• I don't want to wear out my welcome
• I guess not
• If at first you don't succeed
• If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
• If it ain’t broke don’t fix it
• if it ain't broke don't fix it
• if it ain't broke, don't fix it
• If that don’t fuck all!
• If that don't beat a pig a-pecking!
• If that don't beat all!
• If there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask
• if you can't do the time, don't do the crime
• If you don't like it, lump it
• If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything
• If you don't mind!
• If you don't see what you want, please ask
• I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't
• I'm not surprised
• it doesn't take a rocket scientist
• It don’t make me no nevermind
• It don’t make no nevermind
• It's no use crying over spilled milk
• Keep trying
• knock oneself out
• let (the) perfect be the enemy of (the) good
• let's not and say (that) we did
• like it or lump it
• makes no difference to me
• Maybees don't fly in June
• never put off until tomorrow
• not care a hang (about something)
• not care two pins (about something)
• not care twopence
• not feel oneself
• not give (a) tuppence
• not give a hang (about something)
• not give a rat's arse (about something)
• not give a shite (about something)
• not give two pins (about something)
• not give twopence
• not have (one's) heart in (something)
• not have a penny to (one's) name
• not have all day
• not have much between the ears
• not have two nickels to rub together
• not know (someone) from a bar of soap
• not matter tuppence
• not matter twopence
• not put stock in (something)
• not take stock in (something)
• not utter a word
• real men don't eat quiche
• Remember to write
• reveal (one's) (true) colors
• reveal (one's) (true) stripes
• see the point (of something)
• see the point in (doing) (something)
• show (one's) (true) colours
• show (one's) (true) stripes
• show (one's) butt
• show (one's) cards
• some people don't know when to quit
• Suppose I don't?
• talk to the hand
• They don't make them like they used to
• thing you don't want is dear at any price
• think (one's) shit don't stink
• Think nothing of it
• What don't know won't hurt
• What if I don't?
• What you don't know won't hurt you
• where the sun don’t shine
• where the sun don't shine
• why don't you?
• You can't expect me to believe that
• You don’t know the half of it
• You don't change horses in the middle of the race.
• You don't change horses mid-race.
• You don't get for nothing
• You don't know the half of it
• You don't know where it's been
• you don't say
• you just don't get it
• You just don't get it!
• you're welcome