Nobody knows this phrase, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tense Wheel of Fortune showdown, contestants Laura, Thomas, and Christopher battle it out to solve a challenging puzzle. The game is tied at the end of regulation, and the pressure is mounting as it comes down to the final few letters. Laura starts strong, quickly filling in several key letters to get a head start on the puzzle. However, she struggles to arrive at the final solution, repeatedly guessing incorrect phrases like "another feather in your lap" and "another feather in your map." Contestant Christopher also takes his turn, but is unable to correctly identify the phrase. Thomas, the third contestant, finally solves the puzzle, revealing the iconic saying "another feather in your cap." The studio audience erupts in applause as Thomas proudly declares the answer. "Yes, yes! Another feather in your cap," exclaims the host, congratulating Thomas on his victory. "I thought it was lap or map, I had no idea," Thomas admits sheepishly, acknowledging his initial confusion over the common idiomatic expression. The other contestants nod in agreement, having been equally stumped by the puzzle. The round concludes, but the light-hearted competition has provided entertainment for both the studio audience and viewers at home. Despite the high stakes, the players maintain a good-natured spirit throughout the intense game. As the show cuts to commercial break, the host notes that the round was "fun in a sort of perverse way," capturing the unique blend of frustration and enjoyment that often accompanies a nail-biting Wheel of Fortune showdown.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentcontestant number one we have laura nice
smile contest number two thomas nice
mustache contestant number three
christopher nice smile nice tie
laura's gonna go first and she's gonna
just run away with some easy letters p
f an e
r h
n
a y
and o
so some great leg work by laura there to
get basically done another feather in
your
what is it people listening at home that
haven't seen this clip already what
could it possibly be
i'll solve okay another feather
in your hat
oh
brutal mostly that's wrong because
that's not the saying and also t's are
already on the board because t
you guessed him
so that's a little bit of a momentary
lapse and it's a bummer because surely
it's not going to come all the way back
around to laura and she did all the leg
work christopher z
no g
o
gee
no g okay sorry about it i shouldn't
even have asked what did he think it was
another feather in your bag
i'm guessing he thought it was bad i
don't know so now it goes to thomas but
he goes bankrupt so he doesn't even get
a chance which means it comes all the
way back around to laura who has another
shot at it i'll solve okay
another feather
in your lap oh
no no
listen now sagex says no
no and then vanna white i mean she was
like you know one step there surely
she's gonna get it she did not
uh oh so it comes to nice tie nice smile
good glasses christopher again
and he still isn't choosing to solve
he's spinning risking going bankrupt and
he's gonna guess another letter
d
no thomas
d
no thomas
you're [ __ ] done dude so thomas
again cannot guess he loses a turn so
he's just in a hell hole not being able
to participate and watching these two
just have no idea what's going on
brings us back to laura again and she's
like oh my god i have no idea
oh [ __ ] i'm gonna embarrass myself i'm
gonna go ahead and spin goodbye yeah go
ahead and spin don't take a random guess
a p
yes there's a p
oh okay
i will stall okay
another feather
in
your map
oh
no
that's not a saying
another feather in your map i hate
well i hate when my maps are all
feathery christopher it's your turn
and christopher he goes bankrupt but
secretly he's like dude i'd rather go
bankrupt than embarrass myself again i
got no idea what this is which brings us
back to thomas who finally gets a chance
to guess a c
there you go there you go
another feather in your cap yeah there
you go yep and they're like oh yes yes
oh i think i have heard that yes oh our
bad good job good job good job thomas
you have a really good job i thought it
was lap or map i had no idea that round
is over but it was fun in this sort of
perverse way we'll be right back
in the sort of perverse way
it was fun i do agree
another feather
in your hat wrong another feather
in your lap wrong another feather
in
your
map wrong and if anyone is like well
what does another feather in your cap
mean
uh i think native americans just put
feathers in their uh headbands when they
like killed people and it was like
honorable and they were like cool so
there's another feather in your cap
no feathers in these people's caps
at all