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feather in one's cap

  1. An accomplishment a person can be proud of: “The negotiator's success in getting the terrorists to release their hostages was a real feather in her cap.”


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I point out that it’s a feather in one’s cap to be able to graduate from such a prestigious university, while our Bruin guests argue that those parents threw away their money.

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It was considered a feather in one’s cap to thump any elbow.

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At five-and-forty, after knocking about the world for years, and "never opening a book," as people say, to have given a good "construe" is a feather in one's cap.

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Have you ever heard any one speak of “a feather in one’s cap”?

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"I think, sir, that it is not right to rob anybody of anything, and I reflect that absolute righteousness is a fine feather in one's cap."

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