# knock someone over with a feather

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/knock-someone-over-with-a-feather
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To greatly surprise or astonish someone.

## Examples

- You could have knocked me over with a feather when I won.
- When he announced he was moving to another country, you could have knocked me over with a feather.
- The news was so entirely unexpected that, had you tried to knock me over with a feather, I would have fallen instantly.

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