English Explanatory Dictionary

watch the feathers fly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To observe or allow a fight or upset that results from a situation.

Word forms

watch the feathers fly watches the feathers fly watching the feathers fly watched the feathers fly

Etymology

From the way feathers fly in all directions when chickens fight.

Related words

watch the fur fly make the feathers fly

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