Last week we covered idioms in U with Idiom in U – Upper Hand so this week it’s the letter V. Leave a comment below with your favourite idiom in this post!

What it means:

If something is virgin territory, it hasn’t been explored before. Ex: Before landing on the Moon, it was virgin territory.

How to use it:

• It is more commonly used to talk about locations that are untouched by men.
• On a different level, a new type of market could be considered virgin territory. For example, using A.I. for medical purposes is virgin territory.

Other interesting idioms:

Vicious circle – A vicious circle is a sequence of events that make each other worse- Poverty is a viscious circle. If someone is poor, they do not have enough money to feed themselves which means they get sick and need more money to get treated causing them to become even poorer and so on.

Volte-face –  (from French) If you do a volte-face on something, you make a sudden and complete change in your stance or position over an issue.

Vale of tears – This vale of tears is the world and the suffering that life brings. It is a general expression for harship and sorrow.

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