Vultures
[vʌltʃəz]
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of vultures, signifies that some scheming person is bent on injuring you, and will not succeed unless you see the vulture wounded, or dead. For a woman to dream of a vulture, signifies that she will be overwhelmed with slander and gossip.
Edited by Helen
Examples
- And yet they hang about my uncle like vultures, and are afraid of a farthing going away from their side of the family. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The first I marry, within the hour; the other shall dry her tears or feed the vultures. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They're like vultures after a battle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Edited by Helen