“A /feather”

The following 5 entries include the term A /feather.

a feather in one's cap

phrase

: a mark of distinction : honor

a feather in someone's cap

phrase

: an achievement or honor that someone can be proud of

as light as a feather

phrase

: extremely light

of a feather

phrase

: of the same kind or nature : very much alike usually used in the phrase birds of a feather

you could have knocked me over with a feather

phrase

used to say that one was extremely surprised or astonished when he or she found out about something


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