light as a feather
Example Sentences
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If the shirt was heavy against Scotland, it was as light as a feather against Ireland.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2024
"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
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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