| Number of Idioms: |
7 |
| 1 |
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.) |
| 2 |
Vent your spleen |
If someone vents their spleen, they release all their anger about something. |
| 3 |
Vicar of Bray |
(UK) A person who changes their beliefs and principles to stay popular with people above them is a Vicar of Bray |
| 4 |
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. |
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Virgin territory |
If something is virgin territory, it hasn't been explored before. |
| 6 |
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. |
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