| 词汇 | you could've knocked me down with a feather |
| 释义 | (redirected from you could've knocked me down with a feather) you could have knocked me down with a featherAn expression of great or utter surprise, bewilderment, or astonishment. I was so taken aback when I found out I'd won the lottery that you could have knocked me down with a feather! you could have knocked me down with a featherOLD-FASHIONEDIf you say you could have knocked me down with a feather, you mean that you were extremely surprised by something. I won 54 votes to 48. You could have knocked me down with a feather!. you could have knocked me (or her, him, etc.) down with a featherI (or she, he, etc.) was greatly surprised. informalA similar idiom is found in Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela ( 1741 ) (‘you might have beat me down with a feather’); the modern form of the expression with knock dates from the mid 19th century. you could have knocked me, etc. down with a ˈfeather(informal) used to tell somebody about a very surprising experience: When they said how much the painting was worth, you could have knocked me down with a feather! |
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