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it means that you have been so shocked that if someone tapped you with a feather you would fall down
Punishing someone; giving them the silent treatment.
cowardice. the white feather was given to men who avoided fighting and stayed home
It means that someone is attentive, mindful, giving thought for the comfort of others
A white feather is presented to someone considered to be a coward.
Sending a black feather can mean a great many things. Sometimes sending someone a black feather can mean wishing death on them.
yes birds can give people a disease, eg:bird flu
With a feather
Someone who gives instructions. This could be someone teaching something to a group of people, so they are giving instructions on how to do something.
"The feather I am holding here is a raven's feather," the museum curator taught the students.
To tar and feather someone is to smear or cover someone (as the Whigs di to the Tories) with tar and throw feathers over them.
If Someone says, you look like i could knock you over with a feather, it depends on the person saying it as to the meaning: If your grandma, mum, grandad,dad,uncle,auntie says it, they mean you look like your in a daydream, or are sleepy. If a bully, or a bigger than you person says, I could knock you over with a feather, they mean you look weak and easy to hurt. Wishing you well, your answerer, Pretty-Zebra