don't shoot the messenger

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› said to warn someone not to be angry with the person who tells them something badInformation and messages

(Definition of don't shoot the messenger from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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don't hold your breath idiom 2
don't make me laugh! idiom
don't mention it! idiom
don't mind me idiom
don't shoot the messenger idiom
don't worry your pretty little head idiom
don't you dare idiom
donate verb
donation noun
done adjective (COOKED)

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