blade of grass

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English

Water drops on a blade of grass.

Noun

blade of grass (plural blades of grass)

  1. A single long, narrow leaf of a plant described by the mass noun grass.
  2. (rare) A very small amount of something.
    • 2022 April 6, Anthony Lambert, “Industry is getting with the programme”, in RAIL, number 954, page 49:
      "By the time I had walked much of the route of the Dartmoor Line with Christian, Matt and other Devon council staff, we knew what we wanted to achieve and the date we wanted to reopen the railway. There was not a blade of grass between us," says Davis.

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