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Словарь американских идиом 8000 единиц - Letter V.
[vain] See: IN VAIN, TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN.
[valor] See: DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR.
[value] See: FACE VALUE.
[vanish into thin air] See: DISAPPEAR INTO THIN AIR.
[vanishing cream] {n.} A cosmetic cream for the skin that is used
chiefly before face powder. * /Mrs. Jones spread vanishing cream on
her face before applying her face powder./
[vanity case] {n.} 1. A small case containing face powder,
lipstick, and other things and usually carried in a woman's handbag; a
compact. * /She took out her vanity case and put lipstick on./ 2. A
handbag or a small bag carried by a woman and holding various toilet
articles. * /She had the porter carry her big bags and she herself
carried her vanity case./
[variety show] {n.} A program that includes several different kinds
of entertainment (as songs, dances, comic skits and little dramas). *
/Jane's father was the master of ceremonies of a variety show on TV./
[variety store] {n.} A store that sells many different kinds of
things, especially items that are fairly small and in everyday use. *
/I went into a variety store and bought some paint./ * /Five-and-ten
cent stores are a kind of variety store./
[vein] See: FREEZE ONE'S BLOOD or FREEZE THE BLOOD IN ONE'S VEINS,
FREEZE ONE'S VEINS.
[verbal diarrhea] {n. phr.} The inability to keep silent;
over-talkativeness. * /Archibald is a nice guy but he's got verbal
diarrhea and he can't shut up for a single minute./
[very] See: ALL VERY WELL.
[very well] {interj.}, {formal} Agreed; all right. - Used to show
agreement or approval. * /Very well. You may go./ * /Very well, I will
do as you say./ Compare: ALL RIGHT(2).
[vibrations] or [vibes] {n.} Psychic emanations radiating from an
object, situation, or person. * /I don't think this relationship will
work out - this guy has given me bad vibes./
[vicious circle] {n. phr.} A kind of circular or chain reaction in
which one negative thing leads to another. * /Some people take so many
different kinds of medicine to cure an illness that they develop other
illnesses from the medicine and are thus caught in a vicious circle./
[Vietnam syndrome] {n.}, {informal} An attitude in government
circles that diplomacy may be more effective in solving local
political problems in other countries than the use of military force,
stemming from the failure of the U.S. military intervention in
Vietnam. * /The pundits of Foggy Bottom display the Vietnam syndrome
these days when it comes to Iran./
[view] See: IN VIEW, IN VIEW OF, TAKE A DIM VIEW OF.
[vine] See: DIE ON THE VINE or WITHER ON THE VINE, CLINGING VINE.
[virtue] See: BY VIRTUE OF, MAKE A VIRTUE OF NECESSITY.
[visiting nurse] {n.} A nurse who goes from home to home taking
care of sick people or giving help with other health problems. *
/After John returned home from the hospital, the visiting nurse came
each day to change his bandages./
[voice] See: AT THE TOP OF ONE'S VOICE, GIVE VOICE.
[voice box] {n.} The part of the throat where the sound of your
voice is made; the larynx. * /Mr. Smith's voice box was taken out in
an operation, and he could not talk after that./
[voiceprint] {n.}, {technological}, {colloquial} The graphic
pattern derived from converting an individual's voice into a visible
graph used by the police for identification purposes, much as
fingerprints. * /They have succeeded in identifying the murderer by
using a voiceprint./
[volcano] See: SIT ON A VOLCANO.
[volume] See: SPEAK VOLUMES.
[vote a straight ticket] {v. phr.} To not differentiate one's
ballot according to individual names and posts, but to vote for all
candidates for all positions of the same party. * /"I never have
time.to study the ballot in detail," Marie said, "and so I tend to
vote a straight Republican ticket."/
[vote in] {v. phr.} To elevate to the status of "Law of the Land"
by special or general ballot. * /Congress has finally voted in the
Brady Law that requires that prospective gun owners wait a special
period of time before making their purchase./
[vote one out] {v. phr.} To terminate one's elected office by
casting a negative vote about that person (judge, congressman, etc.),
mostly so that someone else might occupy the same position. *
/Congressman Smith was voted out last November in favor of
Congresswoman Bradley./
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