A feather in your cap.

It's a feather in your cap

  • A feather in your cap is a failure that will damage your future.

    Votes: 22 14.7%

  • A feather in your cap is a success that will help your future.

    Votes: 128 85.3%
  • Total voters
    150
A feather in your cap is a success that will help your future.
 
A feather in your cap is some occurrence or accomplishment which distinguishes you. Imagine 100 people all wearing the exact same hat ( or cap) and one person in the group has a brightly colored feather protruding from his hat. Your attention is more likely to be drawn to him/her. So, a perfect score on a test, a job well done, receipt of some high honor etc is therefore your "feather".
 
IceDragon said:
A feather in your cap is some occurrence or accomplishment which distinguishes you. Imagine 100 people all wearing the exact same hat ( or cap) and one person in the group has a brightly colored feather protruding from his hat. Your attention is more likely to be drawn to him/her. So, a perfect score on a test, a job well done, receipt of some high honor etc is therefore your "feather".
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Amazing explanation, made it vivid, thank you!
 
There is an idiom in Turksh as the same meaning ''partridge in the bag''':it is easy for you,the conditions are in favor of you.
 
I think that American Indians use a white feather tied to a warior's head band as a sign of challenge for their enemies, am I right or off topic?:roll:
 
What would be a good sentence for this idiom to be used? :-?
 
Passing the professional exams will be a feather in your cap.
 
"I heard that you got a perfect score on the SAT exam. That is a real feather in your cap."
 
Mr.Ayed said:
I think that American Indians use a white feather tied to a warior's head band as a sign of challenge for their enemies, am I right or off topic?:roll:
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It's a challenge TO their enemies.
 
And they didn't wear caps, so it's probably barking up the wrong tree.
 
The Cleveland Indians wear caps. :lol:
 
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