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light as a feather

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  1. Extremely lightweight. This simile can be used to refer either to physical weight, as in This load is light as a feather, or to texture, as in This cake is light as a feather. [Mid-1500s]


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"They instantly knew something wasn't right, having ballooned three times his normal size to the size of a small melon, however, was light as a feather."

From Fox News • Jan. 6, 2022

The lighting was dim; I don’t recall seeing anything other than his tuckered cheeks, so thin, and his enshrouded form, which looked light as a feather.

From Slate • May 4, 2021

“Good Riddance” is a caper novel, light as a feather and effortlessly charming.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2019

How weightless the boy appears in this photo — he looks as light as a feather.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2016

Still, my heart felt light as a feather as I turned up the gravel driveway toward Gus and Bertha’s.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

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