VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Scarlet woman

Meaning:

a prostitute, an immoral woman, particularly one who commits adultery.

Examples:

  • Easier to be the scarlet woman than come out of the closet, I suppose.
  • Well, dear, I don't think of myself as a scarlet woman.
  • Less Maria von Trapp, more the scarlet woman.
  • I'm in no mood to play the scarlet woman
  • If you're looking for a scarlet woman, I think you'll find you'll be disappointed.
  • What are the waters on which the scarlet woman sat? (17:15)
  • What are the waters on which the scarlet woman sat? (17:15)
  • What are the seven heads of the beast on which the scarlet woman sat? (17:3,7-9)