An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase; but some phrases become figurative idioms while retaining the literal meaning of the phrase.
Here are the list of idioms starting with V.
Idioms Starting with V
1. Vale of tears
Meaning: This vale of tears is the world and the suffering that life brings.
2. Velvet glove
Meaning: 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
Meaning: If someone vents their spleen, they release all their anger about something.
4. Vicar of Bray
Meaning: A person who changes their beliefs and principles to stay popular with people above them is a Vicar of Bray.
5. Vicious circle
Meaning: 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
Meaning: If something is virgin territory, it hasn’t been explored before.
7. Volte-face
Meaning: If you do a volte-face on something, you make a sudden and complete change in your stance or position over an issue.
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