Meaning of fart in the wind | Babel Free

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Synonym of fart in a windstorm (“something utterly insignificant, ineffective, or fleeting”).

Examples

“[Adam] Lambert's vocals have never been in question, but compared to [Freddy] Mercury's booming, full-bodied range that could fill stadiums on its own, the 32-year-old's squeaky warbling on songs such as "Somebody To Love" and "Another One Bites The Dust" sounded like farts in the wind.”

“Boroughs like Manhattan and Brooklyn are so big, I could pop someone and disappear like a fart in the wind.”

“The Twitter brouhaha passed so quickly — debate in the realm of Elon Musk has gone from something already ephemeral to barely a fart in the wind — that there wasn't even an opportunity for Burns' latest PBS offering to capitalize on the buzz.”

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