Meaning: american featherfoil

n.
a featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowers

you could have knocked me over with a feather Idiom, Proverb

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.

knock (someone) over with a feather

To shock, confuse, or amaze addition to a point of complete bewilderment; bandy addition for a loop. More generally phrased as "you could accept agape me over with a feather," cogent abundant admiration or surprise. It absolutely agape me over with a calamus to apprehend that my ex-wife had already remarried. I was so taken ashamed back I begin out I'd won the action that you could accept agape me over with a feather!Learn more: feather, knock, over

you could accept agape me over with a feather

An announcement of abundant or absolute surprise, bewilderment, or astonishment. I was so taken ashamed back I begin out I'd won the action that you could accept agape me over with a feather!Learn more: could, feather, have, knock, over

You could accept agape me over with a feather.

Fig. I was acutely surprised.; I was so afraid that it was as if I was adrift and could accept been agape over easily. When she told me she was activity to get married, you could accept agape me over with a feather. John: Did you apprehend that they are activity to breach down burghal anteroom and body a new one—price tag twelve actor dollars? Sally: Yes, and back I heard that, you could accept agape me over with a feather.Learn more: could, feather, have, knock, over

You could accept agape me over with a feather

sent. I was absolutely surprised. I was shocked. You could accept agape me over with a feather. Learn more: could, feather, have, knock, over

Learn more:

Dictionary

More Idioms/Phrases

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 you can't put new wine in(to) old wineskins you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds you can't say fairer you can't serve (both) God and mammon you can't sit in two chairs at once you can't sit in two chairs at the same time you can't sit in two chairs with one butt you can't spell (something) without (something else) you can't squeeze blood from a stone you can't squeeze blood from a turnip you can't take it with you you can't teach an old dog new tricks you can't tell a book by its cover you can't unring a bell you can't win you can't win 'em all you can't win them all you could cut (something) with a knife you could cut it with a knife you could cut the atmosphere with a knife you could eat off the floor(s) you could have fooled me you could have fooled me! you could have heard a pin drop you could have knocked me down with a feather you could have knocked me over with a feather you could have knocked me, etc. down with a feather you could hear a pin drop you could hear the grass grow(ing) You couldn't! you crumb you deal with it you do the math you do you You don’t know the half of it You don't change horses in the middle of the race. You don't change horses mid-race. you don't expect (one) to believe (something) You don't get for nothing you don't get something for nothing you don't have to be a rocket scientist you don't have to be a rocket scientist (to do something) You don't know the half of it you don't know where it's been you don't say you don't say! you dope You eat with that mouth? you first you gals you get (back) what you give