Number of Idioms: |
7 |
1 |
Vale of tears |
This vale of tears is the world and the suffering that life brings. |
2 |
Velvet glove |
This idiom is used to describe a person who appears gentle, but is determined and inflexible underneath. ('Iron fist in a velvet glove' is the full form.) |
3 |
Vent your spleen |
If someone vents their spleen, they release all their anger about something. |
4 |
Vicar of Bray |
(UK) A person who changes their beliefs and principles to stay popular with people above them is a Vicar of Bray |
5 |
Vicious circle |
A vicious circle is a sequence of events that make each other worse- someone drinks because they are unhappy at work, then loses their job... 'Vicious cycle' is also used. |
6 |
Virgin territory |
If something is virgin territory, it hasn't been explored before. |
7 |
Volte-face |
If you do a volte-face on something, you make a sudden and complete change in your stance or position over an issue. |