feather in one's 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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
It was considered a feather in one’s cap to thump any elbow.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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 Sir Tom by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
"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 Figures of Earth by James Branch Cabell
What a feather in one's cap to have forestalled Dan Anisty!…
From The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance
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