you could have knocked me over with a feather

idiom

used to say that one was extremely surprised or astonished when he or she found out about something
When they told me I had won, you could have knocked me over with a feather.

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“You could have knocked me over with a feather.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/you%20could%20have%20knocked%20me%20over%20with%20a%20feather. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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