fart in a windstorm

plural farts in a windstorm · plural farts in windstorms

1. idiomaticmildlyvulgarSomething utterly insignificant, ineffective, or fleeting.

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

   2004, David Unger, Life in the Damn Tropics, →ISBN, page 62

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   [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).

   2005 May 9, Phil Rockstroh, “Running On Fumes”, in swans.com, retrieved 08 Aug 2015

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

   2013, Carl Douglass, Saga of a Neurosurgeon Series Book Six: The Vulture and the Phoenix (ebook), ch. 6 (Google preview)

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

   2014 July 28, Kim Bolan, “B.C. Red Scorpion and associates arrested in Alberta (comment by rowdyroddypimper)”, in Vancouver Sun, Canada, retrieved 08 Aug 2015