feather in one's cap

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Literature

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

"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."

From Project Gutenberg