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Letter: v

Total idioms: 9858 - currently selected: 24 (50 per page)

Vale of tears

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vale of tears (plural vales of tears)
1. (idiomatic) A symbolic "valley of tears"; meaning the world and the sorrows felt through life. Similar to the Old Testament Psalm 23's reference to the "valley of the shadow of death", the phrase implies that sadness is part of the physical world (i.e. part of human experience).

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Valley of death

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valley of death
1. (idiomatic) Death; or a place or period where death is impending.
2. (idiomatic) A place of great danger.
3. (idiomatic, business) The phase of a startup business beginning with the entrepreneur's fulltime commitment to it and ending when the business has achieved sustainable cash flow.

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Valley of the shadow of death

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valley of the shadow of death
1. (idiomatic) A symbolic description of the world, meaning darkness and death are (symbolic) valleys on earth one must walk through, that is, part of the human experience
? Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me... - Psalm 23.
2. (idiomatic) A very dangerous place.

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Variable tandem repeat locus

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variable tandem repeat locus (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic, genetics) any DNA sequence that exists in multiple copies strung together in various tandem lengths.

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Vaulting school

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vaulting school (plural vaulting schools)
1. Used other than as an idiom: see vaulting,‎ school. (A place where one learns to vault.)
2. (obsolete, slang) A brothel.


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Veg out

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veg out
1. (idiomatic) To relax by not moving much.

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Velvet handcuffs

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velvet handcuffs (plural only)
1. Used other than as an idiom: see velvet,‎ handcuffs.
2. (idiomatic) Golden handcuffs: any arrangement designed to provide favorable benefits or pay so as to discourage a participant from wanting to leave it.


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Vent your spleen

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When you vent your spleen, you release or express all your anger about something.

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Whenever Harry is angry about new government measures, he vents his spleen by writing to newspapers.



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Verbal assault

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verbal assault (plural verbal assaults)
1. Often used other than as an idiom: an assault that is verbal.
2. (US, law) Oral or written speech that creates, or is intended to create, a fear of physical harm


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Verge on

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verge on (third-person singular simple present verges on, present participle verging on, simple past and past participle verged on)
1. (transitive, idiomatic) To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something.
? Bungee jumping verges on the insane, if you ask me.


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Vertically challenged

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This term is a humoristic way of referring to someone who is not very tall.
vertically challenged (comparative more vertically challenged, superlative most vertically challenged)
1. (idiomatic, humorously politically correct, euphemistic, of a person) Short.

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High shelves are difficult for vertically challenged shoppers.



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Very good

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very good (not comparable)
1. Used other than as an idiom: very good.
? This is a very good example.
very good
1. Used as acknowledgement of receipt of one's orders.
? - Find out if there's any claret in the cellar, Jeeves.
? - Very good, sir.

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Very well

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very well (not comparable)
1. Used other than as an idiom: see very,‎ well.
? I'm feeling very well today.
very well (comparative more very well, superlative most very well)
1. Used other than as an idiom: see very,‎ we

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Vest buster

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vest buster (plural vest busters)
1. (idiomatic) a handgun cartridge that can fully penetrate a contemporary bulletproof vest.

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Vested interest

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If you have a vested interested in a situation or event, you expect to benefit or gain an advantage from it.

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Tony has a vested interest in Fred's promotion; he hopes to get his job!



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Vicious circle

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When the solution to a problem creates another problem similar to the original, or makes it worse, so that the process starts all over again, the situation is called a vicious circle.

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I borrowed money to reimburse Paul. Now I've got to reimburse the bank, with interest.  It's a vicious circle.



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Victory at sea

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victory at sea (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic) Ocean conditions very windblown and messy, possibly to the point of being inimical to surfing and other water sports.


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Vim and vigour

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If you are full of vim and vigour, you have lots of vitality, energy and enthusiasm.

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After a relaxing holiday, my parents came back full of vim and vigour.



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Virgin territory

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virgin territory (plural virgin territories)
1. Land that has never been explored or developed.
2. (idiomatic) By extension, ideas or concepts or activities that have not yet been tried, explored or developed.
? The company had engineered plenty of products, but manufacturing them was virgin territory.

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Voice in the wilderness

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If you are the only person to express a warning or an opinion on a matter which is ignored by most others, you are a voice in the wilderness.

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For many years she was a voice in the wilderness protesting against child labour.



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Vote down

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vote down (third-person singular simple present votes down, present participle voting down, simple past and past participle voted down)
1. (transitive, idiomatic) To defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote.
? His wife voted down the project the moment he suggested it.

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Vote with one's feet

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vote with one's feet
1. (idiomatic) To express one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process.


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Vouch for

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vouch for (third-person singular simple present vouches for, present participle vouching for, simple past and past participle vouched for)
1. (idiomatic) To affirm the truth or reliability of.
? Let him in. I'll vouch for him.

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Vowel quantity

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vowel quantity (plural vowel quantities)
1. (idiomatic) A vowel’s duration of articulation; its length.
2. (unidiomatic) A quantity of vowels.

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