knock someone over with a feather

IPA(Pronunciation)

/nɒk ˈsʌmwʌn ˈəʊvə(ɹ) wɪð ə ˈfɛðə(ɹ)/

Verb

excessive idiomatic informal

(idiomatic, informal, hyperbolic) Used to express that one is greatly surprised.

Japanese Meaning

ものすごく驚く、あっけにとられる / 信じられないほど驚く / 予期せぬ出来事に非常に驚く

What is this buttons?

Her sudden confession would knock someone over with a feather, but he met the news with an unfazed shrug.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女の突然の告白は人を仰天させるだろうが、彼は平然と肩をすくめてその知らせを受け止めた。

Details

Sense（1）

(idiomatic, informal, hyperbolic) Used to express that one is greatly surprised.

She hardly, she said, believed her own senses. You might have knocked her down with a feather. She did not know whether she stood on her head or her heels.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

knocks someone over with a feather

（ present singular third-person ）

knocking someone over with a feather

（ participle present ）

knocked someone over with a feather

（ participle past ）

knocked someone over with a feather

（ past ）

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