Idioms beginning with V
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Meaning: To remove a person from a position, group, or role by a majority decision through voting.
Example: The board decided to vote out the director after repeated policy violations. Read more ➺
Meaning: To claim or present yourself as a victim to gain sympathy or advantage.
Example: She played the victim card when the team questioned her repeated mistakes. Read more ➺
Meaning: to disappear suddenly and completely, without leaving a trace.
Example: The magician's assistant seemed to vanish into thin air, leaving the audience in awe. Read more ➺
Meaning: full of energy and enthusiasm
Example: Even though my grandmother is in her 80s, she is still full of vim and vigor. Read more ➺
Meaning: Spend time idly or lazily with no specific purpose or activity.
Example: After a long week, I just want to veg out on the couch and binge-watch my favorite series. Read more ➺
Meaning: Van Gogh was a painter who cut his ear off and this phrase is a pun intended one referring to being tone deaf.
Example: Her singing is so bad she has Van Gogh's ear for music. Read more ➺
Meaning: a person who deceives you after receiving help from you
Example: I got my friend a good position in my company and all he did is convinced my manager to get him the designation I had in the project. He was no more than a viper in my bosom. Read more ➺
Meaning: new and exciting practices make life more attractive
Example: I started learning tennis after having tried swimming because variety is the spice of life. Read more ➺
Meaning: the decreasing time of a individual's life.
Example: I shall not leave my parents during their vale of years. Read more ➺
Meaning: to change beliefs (suddenly) from something to its complete opposite
Example: The current prime minister thinks it is a joke to volte face on the plans that he announces publicly. Read more ➺
