be as light as a feather Idioma

a feather in your cap

an honor, a credit to you, chalk one up for you Because you are Karen's teacher, her award is a feather in your cap.

birds of a feather flock together

people who are similar become friends or join together Don

feather a pass (hockey)

pass a puck accurately but softly Nilsson could feather a pass better than the other players.

feather in one

something to be proud of, an honor Winning the speech contest was a feather in his cap and we are very proud of him.

feather in your cap

(See a feather in your cap)

feather one

look after one

feather your nest

make a comfortable place, prepare your future place, nest egg Charles became a professor and began to feather his nest at the University of Manitoba.

horse feathers

lies, false stories, bull, a bunch of malarkey "When she told her dad she saw a ghost, he said, ""Horse feathers!"""

knock me over with a feather

I was very surprised, I could not believe it, blow me down When she told me she was married to my ex-husband, you could have knocked me over with a feather.

ruffle your feathers

annoy you, bother you, get your dander up Don't let that insult ruffle your feathers. Don't let it upset you.

be as ablaze as a feather

To be ablaze in weight (instead of actuality abundant or burdensome). Sadie is scrawny, so let her backpack that box over there—it's as ablaze as a feather. I can backpack all of these accoutrements at already because they're all as ablaze as a feather.Learn more: feather, light

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rub shoulders with rub someone the wrong way rub something in rub the wrong way rubber match rubberneck rube ruddy ruffle your feathers rug up rule of thumb rule out rule the roost rumor has it run a red light run a risk run a tab be as bright as a button be as brown as a berry be as clear as crystal be as clear as day be as clear as mud be as cute as a button be as daft as a brush be as dead as a dodo be as deaf as a post be as dry as a bone be as dull as dishwater be as fit as a fiddle be as full as a boot be as gentle as a lamb be as good as (one's) word be as good as dead be as good as gold be as good as gone be as good as new be as good as your word be as happy as a sandboy be as happy as Larry be as high as a kite be as honest as the day is long be as keen as mustard be as light as a feather be as mad as a hornet be as mad as a March hare be as nice as pie be as nothing (compared) to (someone or something) be as nothing to be as old as Methuselah be as plain as the nose on (one's) face be as poor as church mice be as regular as clockwork be as safe as houses be as scarce as hen's teeth be as sharp as a tack be as slippery as an eel be as sound as a bell be as stiff as a ramrod be as straight as a die be as well be as white as a sheet be as/like oil and water be asking for trouble be asleep at the switch be asleep at the wheel be at be at (one) hammer and tongs be at (one's) beck and call