it means that you have been so shocked that if someone tapped you with a feather you would fall down
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
You probably mean down, but down is not a feather, it is down.
It means that you were so surprised or otherwise emotionally shaken that you had trouble standing up -- so much trouble that it would have taken only the weight of a feather to knock you down.
The word "Tomahawk" "was derived from the Algonquian word otomahuk meaning "to knock down"" (reference.com)
The word "Tomahawk" "was derived from the Algonquian word otomahuk meaning "to knock down"" (reference.com)
down feather
The word quill is a noun meaning feather. It does not have an antonym. Synonyms for quill are plume, down, shaft, and pinion.
Knock Me Down was created on 1989-08-22.
Knock You Down was created on 2009-04-07.
derrubarvt+vpr 1 to throw down, throw to the ground, knock down. 2 to overthrow, overturn. 3 to cut down (trees).
Iraq did not knock down the Twin Towers
Feather beds have come along way now with stitching that keeps the down in place. The down does not hurt when you roll it up as it doesn't poke through as much as the feather and down mix, or nearly as much as the older feather beds.