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s plomav emplomallar, cobrir amb plomesThat's a feather in his cap això és un triomf per a ellTo feather one's nest procurar per un mateix
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a feather in your cap — see ↑feather, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑cap a feather in your cap : an achievement or honor that you can be proud of The promotion was a feather in his cap. • • • Main Entry: ↑feather … Useful english dictionary
A feather in your cap — The term a feather in your cap is an English idiomatic phrase believed to have derived from the general custom in some cultures, of a warrior adding a new feather to their head gear for every enemy slain,cite web | url =… … Wikipedia
feather — [[t]fe̱ðə(r)[/t]] feathers 1) N COUNT A bird s feathers are the soft covering on its body. Each feather consists of a lot of smooth hairs on each side of a thin stiff centre. → See also feathered ...a hat that she had made herself from black… … English dictionary
feather in one's cap — noun An accomplishment; particularly one that is flaunted or boasted of. He thinks it is quite a feather in his cap that he figured it out for himself. Syn: notch in ones belt … Wiktionary
feather — featherless, adj. featherlessness, n. featherlike, adj. /fedh euhr/, n. 1. one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner,… … Universalium
cap — cap1 S3 [kæp] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hat)¦ 2¦(covering)¦ 3¦(limit)¦ 4¦(sport)¦ 5¦(small explosive)¦ 6¦(sex)¦ 7 go cap in hand (to somebody) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 900 1000; : Late Latin; Origin: cappa … Dictionary of contemporary English
cap — cap1 S3 [kæp] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hat)¦ 2¦(covering)¦ 3¦(limit)¦ 4¦(sport)¦ 5¦(small explosive)¦ 6¦(sex)¦ 7 go cap in hand (to somebody) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 900 1000; : Late Latin; Origin: cappa … Dictionary of contemporary English
Feather — Feath er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Feathering.}] 1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap. [1913 Webster] An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing. L Estrange.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
(a) feather in someone's cap — a feather in (someone s) cap old fashioned something very good that someone has done. A new television series will be another feather in his cap … New idioms dictionary
(a) feather in cap — a feather in (someone s) cap old fashioned something very good that someone has done. A new television series will be another feather in his cap … New idioms dictionary
To feather an oar — Feather Feath er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Feathering.}] 1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap. [1913 Webster] An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing. L… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English