The initial idioms of the letter D

designated driver	desire
Desires are nourished by delays	desist from
desist	desk jockey
desk	despair of
despair	desperate
Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies	desperate measures
desperate times require desperate measures	desperate times call for desperate measures
despise for	in despite of
despoil of	slough of despond
dessert	destine
destine for	destined for
destroyed	mass destruction
detached	detach from
detached from reality	detached from the (outside) world
detail	detail for