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feathers noun 1 a bed US, 1899. 2 body hair, especially fine hair or pubic hair US, 1966. 3 sleep US, 1977. 4 in darts and Bingo (also House and Tombola), the number thirty-three. Also variant 'fevvers' UK, 1977.► make the feathers flyto cause uproar, to disturb the status quo US, 1825
idiomfeathersruffle sb's feathersto upset or annoy someone slightly:His sudden rise to fame ruffled the feathers of the older artists in the community.Carey ruffled some feathers in church by including saxophone music in the service.smooth ruffled feathersto stop people from feeling upset or annoyed after a difficult situation or argument:Rusty was very good at smoothing ruffled feathers when the musicians got irritated.As everything was way behind schedule, Paul and Ward knew they had some ruffled feathers to smooth.
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See:- (as) black as a raven's feather
- (as) light as a feather
- (as) light as air
- a feather in (one's) cap
- a feather in someone's cap
- a feather in your cap
- be as light as a feather
- be spitting feathers
- birds of a feather
- birds of a feather (flock together)
- Birds of a feather flock together
- feather (one's) (own) nest
- feather (one's) own nest
- feather brain
- feather in (one's) cap
- feather in cap
- feather in one's cap, a
- feather nest
- feather one's nest
- feather one's nest, to
- feather your nest
- fine feathers
- Fine feathers make fine birds
- fur and feather
- fuss and feathers
- If it ain't chickens, it's feathers
- in fine feather
- in full feather
- in good feather
- in high feather
- knock (someone) down with a feather
- knock (someone) down with a feather, to
- knock (someone) over with a feather
- knock down with a feather
- knock for a loop
- knock over with a feather
- leather or feather
- light as a feather
- light as air/a feather
- make the dust fly
- make the feathers fly
- make the feathers/fur fly, to
- make the fur fly
- one day chicken and the next day feathers
- ruffle (one's) feathers
- ruffle a few feathers
- ruffle feathers
- ruffle its feathers
- ruffle some feathers
- ruffle somebody's/a few feathers
- ruffle someone's feathers
- ruffle someone's feathers, to
- show the white feather
- smooth (one's) ruffled feathers
- smooth (someone's) ruffled feathers
- smooth ruffled feathers
- smooth someone's ruffled feathers
- spit blood/venom/feathers
- spit feathers
- tar and feather
- tar and feather someone
- the feathers fly
- the feathers/fur/sparks will fly
- wear the bull's feather
- white feather, to show the
- 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
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