Meaning of fart in a windstorm | Babel Free

Definitions

Something utterly insignificant, ineffective, or fleeting.

idiomatic, mildly, vulgar

Examples

“[I]t vanished like a fart in a windstorm.”

“[W]e might hear of the declining profits of GM, or rising oil prices, or the latest pronouncements from Alan Greenspan (all of which are of less consequence to the long-term order of the universe than a gnat fart in a windstorm).”

““It didn't do no more good than a fart in a windstorm.””

“Like a fart in a windstorm so are the days of their lives.”

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