fart in a windstorm

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === fart in a windstorm (plural farts in a windstorm or farts in windstorms) (idiomatic, mildly vulgar) Something utterly insignificant, ineffective, or fleeting. 2013, Carl Douglass, Saga of a Neurosurgeon Series Book Six: The Vulture and the Phoenix (ebook), →ISBN, ch. 6 (Google preview): “It didn't do no more good than a fart in a windstorm.” === See also === piss in the wind