| 单词 | white feather |
| 释义 | white featherSEE SYNONYMS FOR white feather ON THESAURUS.COM noun Chiefly British.a symbol of cowardice. Idioms for white feathershow the white feather, to behave in a cowardly manner. Origin of white featherFirst recorded in 1775–85; originally from a white feather in a gamecock's tail, taken as a sign of inferior breeding and hence of poor fighting qualities Words nearby white featherwhite-eyed vireo, whiteface, white-faced, white-faced hornet, white false hellebore, white feather, white fiber, Whitefield, white finger, white fir, whitefish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for white featherBritish Dictionary definitions for white featherwhite feather nouna symbol or mark of cowardice show the white feather to act in a cowardly manner Word Origin for white featherfrom the belief that a white feather in a gamecock's tail was a sign of a poor fighter Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with white featherwhite feather see show the white feather. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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