dust

bite the dust: seebite.

dry as dust: seedry.

dust and ashes used to convey a feeling of great disappointment or disillusion about something.

☞ Often found in the fuller form turn to dust and ashes in your mouth, the phrase is used in the Bible as a metaphor for worthlessness, for example in Genesis 18:27 and the Book of Job 30:19. It derives from the legend of the Sodom apple, or Dead Sea fruit, whose attractive appearance tempted people, but which tasted only of dust and ashes when eaten.

the dust settles things quieten down.

2013Idiot SavantNo Right Turn While it may still take some years for the constitutional dust to settle, marriage equality is now going to be the law of the land in the US.

eat someone's dust: seeeat.

gather (or collect) dust remain unused.

kick up (a) dust create a disturbance. informal

kiss the dust: seekiss.

not see someone for dust find that a person has made a hasty departure.

1978Patricia GraceMutuwhenua You didn't see this Maori for dust…Out the door, on the bike, and away.

raise a dust

1 cause turmoil.

2 obscure the truth. British

shake the dust off your feet: seeshake.

throw dust in someone's eyes mislead someone by misrepresentation or diverting attention from a point.