you could have knocked me down with a feather

An 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!See also: could, down, feather, have, knock

you could have knocked me down with a feather

OLD-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!.See also: could, down, feather, have, knock

you could have knocked me (or her, him, etc.) down with a feather

I (or she, he, etc.) was greatly surprised. informal A 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.See also: could, down, feather, have, knock

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!See also: could, down, feather, have, knock

单词	you could have knocked me down with a feather
释义	DictionarySeeknock you could have knocked me down with a feather you could have knocked me down with a feather An 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!See also: could, down, feather, have, knock you could have knocked me down with a feather OLD-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!.See also: could, down, feather, have, knock you could have knocked me (or her, him, etc.) down with a feather I (or she, he, etc.) was greatly surprised. informal A 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.See also: could, down, feather, have, knock 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!See also: could, down, feather, have, knock
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