fart in the wind

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Noun

fart in the wind (plural farts in the wind)

1. Synonym of fart in a windstorm (“something utterly insignificant, ineffective, or fleeting”)
   • 2014 July 18, Hardeep Phull, “Lambert lives out childhood dream with Queen tour”, in New York Post‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-08-05:

     [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.

   • 2018, U-God [Lamont Hawkins], Raw: My Journey Into the Wu-Tang, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, page 20:

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

   • 2023 October 14, Daniel Fienberg, “'The American Buffalo' Review: Even Not-Peak Ken Burns Is Still Worth a Watch”, in The Hollywood Reporter‎^[2], Los Angeles, C.A.: Eldridge Industries, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-28:

     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.