fart in a windstorm
nounDefinitions
Something utterly insignificant, ineffective, or fleeting.
- [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.”
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